Location:
Loops through the West Virginia panhandle near the Pennsylvania and Virginia
state lines
Length: 136.7 miles (220 km)
Time To Allow: 8 hours
Description/Highlights/Points
of Interest
The Washington Heritage Trail leads you across a landscape rich in historic,
natural and scenic resources. From forested mountains and valley farmland
to picturesque historic towns and vestiges of bygone industries, traveling
the Trail offers a rural retreat from the hustle and bustle of major metropolitan
areas. Many of first U.S. President George Washington's homes and estates
are located along the Trail, as are 21 separate National Register Historic
Districts and an astounding 126 National Register Historic Sites. Highlights
of your trip include Harpers Ferry, the Charles Town Races, Antietam National
Battlefield, and Cacapon Resort State Park.
The
following organization offers a trip along the Washington Heritage Trail:
American Driving Vacations
Few travelers know they can follow the footsteps of George Washington
as he surveyed West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle beginning in 1748
at the age of 16. Fewer still know that members of the Washington family
liked the area so much they settled here, occupying the same homes for
as many as nine generations. Traveling America’s 4-day, 3-night
package featuring the George Washington Heritage Trail National Scenic
Byway, takes you through this same country, to the carefully preserved
homes of Washington’s family members, their friends and through
the hauntingly beautiful landscape they all came to love.
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