Our Partners

Strategic Plan Outline

Brief overview of the Strategic Partnership Plan for the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail 2022–2027

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Strategic Plan 2022-27

Strategic Partnership Plan for the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail 2022–2027

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Meet our Partners

Segments of the PHT network are planned and managed by many agencies and organizations, and many rely on the contributions of volunteers. For information about a specific segment, contact the segment manager.

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

• Laurel Ridge State Park, Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks

Great Allegheny Passage

• Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) Conservancy

• Ohiopyle State Park, Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks

Eastern Continental Divide Loop

• Garrett Trails

• Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources
• Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District
• Maryland State Highway Administration

C & O Canal Towpath:

• Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, National Park Service

• C & O Canal Trust

Civil War Defenses of Washington/Fort Circle Parks Trail (Washington, DC):

• Rock Creek Park, National Park Service

• National Capital Parks-East, National Park Service
• District Department of Transportation

Southern Maryland Potomac Heritage Trail On-Road Bicycling Route:

• Maryland Department of Transportation
• Maryland Park Service
• Prince Georges County
• Southern Maryland Heritage Area Consortium
• Maryland State Highway Administration
• Charles County
• Leonardtown
• St. Mary's County

Hiking routes & river access in Southern Maryland:

• Piscataway Parks, National Park Service (Oxon Cove Park; Harmony Hall; Fort Foote Park, Fort Washington Park; Piscataway Park, including the National Colonial Farm)
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources (Chapman, Nanjemoy, Smallwood, St. Clement's Island, Newtown Neck, Point Lookout state parks)
• Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (Douglas Point Recreation Area)

PHT segments in Northern Virginia:

• Northern Virginia Regional Commission
• Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services (Bles Park, Elizabeth Mills Park, Kephart Landing, Keep Loudoun Beautiful Park); 703-777-0343
• Leesburg Department of Parks & Recreation (Edward's Landing Park, Potomac Crossing Park); 703-777-1368
• Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (Janelia Farm, Algonkian Regional Park, Lowe's Island corridor, Red Rock Wilderness Regional Park, Ball's Bluff Regional Park; Seneca Tract and Upper Potomac Properties between Seneca Road and Riverbend Park); 703-352-5900
• The Nature Conservancy (Fraser Preserve)
• Fairfax County Park Authority (Scott's Run Nature Preserve; Riverbend, Grist Mill, Laurel Hill & Old Colchester parks)
• Great Falls Park, National Park Service

• George Washington Memorial Parkway, National Park Service (Potomac Heritage Trail & Mount Vernon Trail); 703-289-2500

• Alexandria Archeology (Alexandria Heritage Trail)
• National Trust for Historic Preservation (Woodlawn Loop)
• Town of Occoquan
• Virginia Department of Transportation
• Virginia Railway Express
• Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority; 703-352-5900
• Lower Potomac Field Station, Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States; 703-339-8009

• Prince William County
• Town of Dumfries
• National Museum of the Marine Corps
• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (Mason Neck and Leesylvania State Park)
• Virginia Department of Transportation
• Prince William Forest Park, National Park Service
• Occoquan and Featherstone National Wildlife Refuges, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

• Virginia Department of Transportation (Northern Virginia District)

PHT segments in the George Washington Region of Virginia:

• City of Fredericksburg
• Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania NHP, National Park Service (Chatham)
• King George County

• Stafford County Department of Parks and Recreation

• George Washington Regional Commission
• Friends of the Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail
• Caledon and Widewater State Parks, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
• VDOT, Fredericksburg District

PHT segments in the Northern Neck of Virginia:

• Northern Neck Tourism Commission; 804-333-1919
• Northern Neck Heritage Trail Bicycling Route
• Northern Neck National Heritage Area
• Westmoreland State Park, Virginia Dept. of Conservation & Recreation
• Northern Neck Planning District Commission
• Virginia Department of Transportation
• Caledon State Park
• Widewater State Park

Explore other components of the National Trails System:

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

• 2.5 miles of the C & O Canal Towpath are used as segments of the PHT and the AT, the only such instance in the National Trails System
• Appalachian Trail Conservancy and Visitor Center: 304-535-6331

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

• Segments of the PHT within the tidal portion of the Potomac River corridor connect with sites along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT, a water trail

Washington - Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail

• Segments of the PHT intersect and, in some cases, overlap with the historic routes

National Trails System