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Fort Washington Park
Fort Washington, Maryland 20744Filed Under: Cycling, Fishing, Hiking
Picturesque Fort Washington sits on high ground overlooking the Potomac River and offers a grand view of Washington and the Virginia shoreline. Today, only one silent gun stands behind the masonry wa ...
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Fort Foote Park
Fort Washington, Maryland 20744Filed Under: Fishing, Hiking
Eight miles downriver from the capital, Fort Foote was considered "a powerful enclosed work" by its chief engineer, "and the most elaborate...of all the defenses of Washington." T ...
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Piscataway Park
Fort Washington, Maryland 20744Filed Under: Fishing, Hiking
The tranquil view from Mount Vernon of the Maryland shore of the Potomac is preserved as a pilot project in the use of easements to protect parklands from obtrusive urban expansion. The project began ...
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Fort Frederick State Park
Big Pool, Maryland 21711Filed Under: Camping, Cultural, Cycling, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling
The site of Maryland's frontier defense during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the Fort's stone wall and two barracks have been restored to their 1758 appearance. Historic displays are in the F ...
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Washington Monument State Park
Boonsboro, Maryland 21713Filed Under: Cultural, Hiking
In Washington County, four miles east of Boonsboro and 1 1/2 miles north of Alternate Route 40 on Monument Road, Washington Monument State Park is named for the first monument in the country erected t ...
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Laramie, Wyoming 82212Filed Under: Fishing, Hiking
Fort Laramie- the Crossroads of a Nation Moving West. This unique historic place preserves and interprets one of America's most important locations in the history of westward expansion and Indian res ...
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Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fort Davis, Texas 79734Filed Under: Hiking
Set in the rugged beauty of the Davis Mountains of west Texas, Fort Davis is one of America's best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. From 1854 to 1891, Fo ...
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Fort Gibson Lake
FORT GIBSON, Oklahoma 74434Filed Under: Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling
The Fort Gibson Stockade, a restored frontier fort is located near the lake. Fort Gibson is the oldest town in Oklahoma. Visit the web site for more information about this and other Tulsa District l ...
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Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Farmington, Pennsylvania 15437Filed Under: Hiking, Skiing
Colonial troops commanded by 22 year old Colonel George Washington were defeated in this small stockade at the "Great Meadow". This opening battle of the French and Indian War began a seven ...
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C and O Canal Towpath
Cumberland, MarylandFiled Under: Hiking, Running
The C&O Canal Towpath is 184.5 miles from Cumberland, Maryland to Washington D.C. The JFK 50 miler ultramarathon includes part of this run on its route. The route is very scenic, following a river in ...
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