National Scenic Trail

Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail POHE

National Scenic Trail (1983) · DC MD VA PA, United States

Published length: 1,448 km900 miabout 900 mi network, per the NPS
Measured line: 1,380.9 km858 mi−4.6% against published
Line: In the datasetLicence: US public domain
Tier: National Scenic TrailA United States National Scenic Trail

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Main line
Alternates and connectors

Line: National Park Service, Potomac Heritage NST, read 2026-11-08, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: National Park Service, Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail. Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Download the line

GPX is simplified to 5 m for devices. GeoJSON is the full-resolution line as published in this dataset. Neither carries elevation.

Main line1,380.9 km measured in 46 parts · National Park Service, Potomac Heritage NST

Main line: GPX, 506 KB Main line: GeoJSON, 2.6 MB
Alternates and connectorsServed separately by the source

Alternates and connectors: GPX, 68 KB Alternates and connectors: GeoJSON, 298 KB

Credit the source

National Park Service, Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail

Licence: US public domain

release.txt: the source, licence and date the line files came from.

The record

Kind: Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation: National Scenic Trail (1983)
Tier: National Scenic TrailA United States National Scenic Trail
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Inclusion: Listed unconditionallyEvery National Scenic Trail is listed
Where: DC MD VA PA (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania), United States
Published length: 1,448 km900 miabout 900 mi network, per the NPS. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: POHE
Record ID: potomac-heritageStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-08

Measured: YesThe line was downloaded and measured

Published: 1,448 km900 mi
Measured: 1,380.9 km858 migeodesic, from the line
Difference: −4.6%measured minus published
Parts: 46pieces left after joining ends within 100 m

Within 15% of the published length Beyond 15%: the record must say why

'Existing' segments only: 1,380.9 km in 46 parts, 4.6% short of 1,448 km. alternates.geojson holds the planned and proposed segments (219.6 km).

Source and licence

Line in this dataset: line.geojsonThe main line file of the record
Source status: FoundThe source was located but not downloaded
Publisher: National Park Service, Potomac Heritage NST
Source: https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/arcgis/rest/services/POHE_Trail_Centerline_(Public_NPMap_Builder)_/FeatureServer/0Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
Line source: National Park Service, Potomac Heritage NST
Format: ArcGIS FeatureServer layer, 703 features
Main line: Mixed: 'TRSTATUS' marks existing versus proposed; only existing belongs on the map.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Coordinates: EPSG:4269What the source stores; published files are longitude/latitude (EPSG:4326)
Licence: US public domain
Credit: National Park Service, Potomac Heritage National Scenic TrailThe credit line to show, as the source asks
May be passed on: YesThe source's terms allow its line to be passed on
OpenStreetMap only: No
Source checked: 2026-11-08
Newer release?: arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changes (last edit 2026-11-06).How to tell whether the source has a newer release

What the source says

United States federal government work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. 105. The National Park Service states: 'Data and content created by government employees within the scope of their employment are not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 U.S.C. 105.' (https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2311077, read 2026-11-09).

With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.

OpenStreetMap

Relation: None recordedNo relation found, or not searched
Note: Not searched.

Logo

Shown only to identify the trail

This logo belongs to NPS Potomac Heritage NST. It is not covered by this dataset’s licences, and no right to use it for any other purpose is given or implied.

Some logos are official emblems of United States National Scenic or Historic Trails. Those emblems are federal insignia; their use here is for identification only.

A holder who wants a logo removed, replaced or credited differently can ask; see Logos.

Status: Logo in useThe trail has a logo
Holder: NPS Potomac Heritage NST
Taken from: https://npshistory.com/publications/pohe/route-marking-graphic-id-2015.pdf
File: shield.png
Note: Official Potomac Heritage NST emblem, extracted from the NPS Route Marking and Graphic Identity Guide (2015), page The Trail Marker (Logo); the logo is a Federal mark published in the Federal Register (2001). The generic NPS arrowhead previously here was removed. Use needs the trail administrator's written permission per the guide.

Every field of the record, with its exact value

As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.

Field	Value
`id`	potomac-heritage
`name`	Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
`short_name`	POHE
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	DC
`regions[1]`	MD
`regions[2]`	VA
`regions[3]`	PA
`length_km`	1448
`length_note`	about 900 mi network, per the NPS
`tier`	national
`designation`	National Scenic Trail (1983)
`wave`	1
`inclusion`	nst-unconditional
`source.status`	found
`source.publisher`	National Park Service, Potomac Heritage NST
`source.url`	https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/arcgis/rest/services/POHE_Trail_Centerline_(Public_NPMap_Builder)_/FeatureServer/0
`source.discovery`	arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changes (last edit 2026-11-06).
`source.format`	ArcGIS FeatureServer layer, 703 features
`source.crs`	EPSG:4269
`source.licence`	us-gov-public-domain
`source.licence_text`	United States federal government work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. 105. The National Park Service states: 'Data and content created by government employees within the scope of their employment are not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 U.S.C. 105.' (https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2311077, read 2026-11-09).
`source.attribution`	National Park Service, Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	Mixed: 'TRSTATUS' marks existing versus proposed; only existing belongs on the map.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-08
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	National Park Service, Potomac Heritage NST
`source.line_file`	line.geojson
`osm.relation`	0
`osm.note`	Not searched.
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	https://npshistory.com/publications/pohe/route-marking-graphic-id-2015.pdf
`shield.contact`	NPS Potomac Heritage NST
`shield.note`	Official Potomac Heritage NST emblem, extracted from the NPS Route Marking and Graphic Identity Guide (2015), page The Trail Marker (Logo); the logo is a Federal mark published in the Federal Register (2001). The generic NPS arrowhead previously here was removed. Use needs the trail administrator's written permission per the guide.
`shield.logo_file`	shield.png
`shield.logo_owner`	NPS Potomac Heritage NST
`verification.verified`	true
`verification.date`	2026-11-08
`verification.measured_km`	1380.9
`verification.difference_percent`	-4.6
`verification.parts`	46
`verification.note`	'Existing' segments only: 1,380.9 km in 46 parts, 4.6% short of 1,448 km. alternates.geojson holds the planned and proposed segments (219.6 km).