Maps:
Parkers Creek Heritage Trail
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Introduction
Maps are central to the Parkers Creek Heritage Trail Project. The maps listed below were a collaborative effort:
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Rachel Bissett, now a graduate student at the University of Maryland, carried out painstaking research regarding colonial land patents and developed the geospatial data needed to map them.
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The retired surveyor Art Cochran researched and mapped several 19th and 20th century properties.
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Exa Marmee Grubb, GIS Specialist at the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, assembled the preceding as an ESRI ArcGIS dataset as well as producing the StoryMap about land patents.
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Mary Hoover, Regional Conservation Partnership Coordinator at ACLT, now serves as keeper of the digital data and created the interactive map.
In addition to the interactive map and other maps listed below, several of the trail signs and web pages have maps associated with them.
Interactive Google Map
In addiiton to showing the sign locations on the trails, the map shows the general area of properties that figured prominantly in the history of the Parkers Creek area.
PCHT Sign Locations as of June, 2025
Now that the signs have been installed, the PCHT team hopes that visitors engage with the Heritage Trail. Use the maps below to plan your hike. In terms of hiking difficulty, some trails are designated moderate while other are challenging. Information about trail difficulty is provided on the ACLT’s main trail map, which can be downloaded from the ACLT website. Many hikers will limit their day’s activity to visiting two or three heritage sites.
