VIRGINIA ROAD TRIP CHALLENGE 450K COURSE
Run along the East Coast Greenway trail from the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail in Chesapeake to the middle of the Arlington Memorial Bridge to Washington DC.
Pass these landmarks along the way:
|
City |
Mileage |
Description |
|
0 |
1763 George Washington commssions ditch digging | |
|
36 |
Home of Planters Peanuts | |
|
58 |
Colonized in 1634 | |
|
78 |
1400 acre plantation est 1619 | |
|
84 |
Cross the James River on the ferry | |
|
87 |
America's first permanent English colony (1607) | |
|
87 |
50 mile bike trail from Jamestown to Richmond | |
|
115 |
First official Thanksgiving 1619 | |
|
121 |
Founded in 1613, oldest family-owned business in North America dating to 1638 | |
|
140 |
Founded in 1737 by Colonel William Byrd II | |
|
159 |
Self Declared Center of the Universe! | |
|
193 |
Stonewall Jackson died here May 10, 1863 | |
|
202 |
Site of the Battle of Fredericksburg (Dec 11-15 1862) | |
|
208 |
Historic city on the falls of the Rappahannock River | |
|
234 |
Quantico Museum of the Marine Corps | |
|
251 |
Established 1804 on the Occoquan River | |
|
264 |
George Washington Residence 1734 | |
|
264 |
17 mile trail along the Potomac River | |
|
274 |
First European settlement in 1695 | |
|
280 |
Established in 1864 on the grounds of Arlington House | |
|
281 |
spans Potomac between Arlington National Cemetery and Licoln Memorial |
