Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

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Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)

Location:	Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, & District of Columbia, USA
Coordinates:	38°0′0″N, 76°0′0″W
Established:	December 19, 2006
Governing body:	National Park Service

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Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail is a series of water routes in the United States extending approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km) along the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary, and its tributaries in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and in the District of Columbia. The historic routes trace the 1607–1609 voyages of Captain John Smith to chart the land and waterways of the Chesapeake.

After a year of feasibility studies, Captain Smith's trail was established on December 19, 2006 by U.S. Public Law No. 109-418. The bay-area water trail is part of the National Trails System and is administered by the National Park Service, in coordination with the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network and the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program.

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U.S. National Trails System
National Scenic Trails:	Appalachian Trail \| Pacific Crest Trail \| Continental Divide Trail \| North Country Trail \| Ice Age Trail \| Florida Trail \| Potomac Heritage Trail \| Natchez Trace Trail
National Historic Trails:	Oregon Trail \| Mormon Trail \| Lewis and Clark Trail \| Iditarod Trail \| Overmountain Victory Trail \| Nez Perce Trail \| Santa Fe Trail \| Trail of Tears \| Juan Bautista de Anza Trail \| California Trail \| Pony Express Trail \| Selma to Montgomery Trail \| El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail \| Ala Kahakai Trail \| Old Spanish Trail \| El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail \| Captain John Smith Chesapeake Trail
National Recreation Trails:	National Recreation Trails Database \| United States Forest Service \| United States Park Service \| Bureau of Land Management \| Department of Agriculture