The Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) is an 11 mile long shared-use trail from Georgetown, Washington, DC to Silver Spring, Maryland suitable for walkers, joggers, bikers, and rollerbladers. It is one of the most popular rail trails in the United States. There are numerous places around the world named Georgetown. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Silver Spring is the name of several places in the United States of America: Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring, Pennsylvania These are distinguished from places named Silver Springs. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Official languages None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich (R) Senators Paul Sarbanes (D) Barbara Mikulski (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 21 Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165/km² (5th) Admission into...

The trail runs on the abadoned right-of-way of the the Georgetown Branch rail line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Trains stopped running in 1985. In 1988 the Montgomery County Government purchased the right-of-way from the D.C. line to Silver Spring under the National Trails System Act of 1968. In 1990, following appropriations by Congress in 1989 and 1990, the National Park Service purchased about 4.3 miles of right-of-way in the District of Columbia from Georgetown to the D.C./Maryland boundary and developed the Trail as a component of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The seven-mile section of the Capital Crescent Trail from Georgetown to Bethesda was built and formally dedicated in December, 1996. 1876 map The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia and Parkersburg, West Virginia. ... Montgomery County is the name of 18 counties in the United States of America. ... Right-of-way is a legal term which may have any of several meanings: priority at a crossing, or in traffic. ... The National Trails System Act was legislation first passed by the United States Congress in 1968. ... A congress is a gathering of people, especially a gathering for a political purpose. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... Canal at Swains Lock The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, also known as the C&O Canal, operated from 1850 until 1924 parallel to the Potomac River in Maryland from Cumberland, Maryland to Washington, DC. The total length of the canal is about 184. ... // United States of America Bethesda, Arkansas Bethesda, Delaware Bethesda, Georgia (three places): in Chatham County in Greene County in Gwinnett County Bethesda, Iowa Bethesda, Kentucky Bethesda, Maryland Bethesda, Mississippi Bethesda, North Carolina (two places): in Davidson County in Durham County Bethesda, Ohio Bethesda, Pennsylvania Bethesda, South Carolina Bethesda, Tennessee (two...

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• Capital Crescent Trail Website Homepage