• Appalachian National Scenic Trail
  The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,158-mile (3,480.6 km) footpath along the ridge crests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin in the central Maine wilderness to Springer Mountain in a designated wilderness area in north Georgia. The trail traverses Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia. Primary use is by weekend or short-term hikers.
  
  
• Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
  The National Park Service preserves Saint Croix Island International Historic site as a monument to the beginning of the United States and Canada. It was here that Pierre Dugua Sieur de Mons with his company of men established a French settlement in 1604-05. In cooperation with Parks Canada, the National Park Service educates the public about that heroic effort, its context, and its consequences. Red Beach, is a village of Calais, Maine, located on the shore of the St. Croix River estuary.
  
  

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