Chesapeake Gateways and Watertrails Network | |
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Map of the United States | |
Location | Chesapeake Bay shoreline |
Nearest city | Annapolis, Maryland |
Coordinates | 37°19′20″N 76°15′12″W / 37.32212°N 76.25336°W |
Established | 1998 |
Governing body | National Park Service |
The Chesapeake Gateways and Watertrails Network is a partnership program of the National Park Service and a system of over 150 parks, refuges, museums, historic communities and water trails in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. As a partnership program, it is not considered a Unit of the National Park System, but is managed by the National Park Service's Chesapeake Bay Office in Annapolis, Maryland, which also manages the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail and the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.[1][2]
Sites in the greater Chesapeake Bay watershed are eligible to participate in the Network, including sites in the Potomac River basin out to West Virginia and sites in the Susquehanna River basin out to New York State.