Maryland ECG Guide to Bicycling & Walking
The East Coast Greenway received funding from Maryland's Recreational Trails Program to produce an East Coast Greenway guide to bicycling and walking which will be similar to the ECG guides which have been produced in NJ, PA and DE. These guides provide detailed maps and cue sheets to the route and are excellent for taking on trips. Click here for an example of the guide produced for NJ. We will be looking for volunteers to help check cue sheets in Maryland so if you are interested please contact Mike Oliva.
ECG Grows in Virginia with the Virginia Capital Trail | |
A 7.5-mile trail segment on the ECG Historic Coastal Route has been completed and is open for business. This newest section of the Virginia Capital Trail starts at the Charles City County Courthouse Visitor's Center and ends near the Edgewood Plantation 28 miles northwest of Williamsburg VA. This trail will soon be connected via the Sherwood Forest phase to another 8-mile completed section of the Virginia Capitol Trail that brings travels to Jamestown Settlement, the Colonial Parkway and historic Colonial Williamsburg. This trail was formally designated as an ECG segment at our most recent Board meeting in Savannah. The rapidly growing Virginia Capital Trail is just one part of an exciting ECG bike route that connects Richmond VA to Coastal North Carolina. After the 55-mile Virginia Capitol Trail, travelers can take a free ferry to Isle of White County where delightful county highways provided excellent biking. After passing through Suffolk VA, the ECG historic coastal route makes its way down to North Carolina on the Dismal Swamp Canal Path, an 8.5-mile section of old Highway 17 that is closed to motor vehicles.
Secretary of Transportation Pierce Homer (bottom left), Executive Director of the Va. Capital Trail Foundation Beth Weisbrod (standing left) and East Coast Greenway trustee David Brickley (standing, holding sign) were among those present for a ribbon cutting for the latest ECG segment to be completed in Virginia. |
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