Historic Routes - The Crossing Trail

Hike a portion of the Washington - Rochambeau Trail in Prince William Forest Park

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The Crossing Trail

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Interpretive Sign

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Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits

Follow in the footsteps of thousands of people before you as you hike the Crossing Trail, which partially follows an old roadbed. Initially a path to travel between American Indian villages and hunting grounds, early European settlers widened this road into the Potomac Path, a roadway soldiers travelled in both the Revoluntionary and Civil Wars. Today part of the Washington-Rochambeau Revoluntionary Route National Historic Trail, the trail meanders through the forest following a faint network of old roadways that existed before Prince William Forest Park was created.