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Washington, DC: First Manassas Trail

March 4.2 miles back in time to July 21, 1861, where General Stonewall Jackson led an epic battle on this ground at Manassas National Battlefield Park.

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Author: bigsled
Activity: Hiking
State: Virginia (VA)
Distance: 4.18 mi 
Difficulty: 5 / 10
Rating: Unrated  
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Mapped by Fletcher Caldwell

TO TRAILHEAD: I-66 W to Business Rte. 234 N. In .7 mi., turn R into park. Road deadends @ Henry Hill Visitor Center.

DIRECTIONS + WAYPOINTS: helping you find your way

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MAN01

Distance: 2.29 mi Points: 267
Total Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
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First Manassas Track 1

MAN2

Distance: 1.89 mi Points: 189
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First Manassas Track 2

Points of Interest

MAN001

Location: 38.813461, -77.520943
Charge E on grass path flanked by blue-green bronze cannons; In 810 ft., head straight @ 4-way into pines

MAN002

Location: 38.813271, -77.512840
Cross stream tributaries; turn L @ T in 600 ft., passing sun-speckled forest into windy fescue meadow

MAN003

Location: 38.822430, -77.511078
Cross US 29; veer R up farmland knoll where cannon fire lit haystacks during the First Manassas Battle

MAN004

Location: 38.824551, -77.511803
Marker: At first light on July 21, 1861, Dixie gunshots riddled a Yankee’s farmhouse (now long gone); veer L @ Y

MAN005

Location: 38.829540, -77.517998
Cross access road into cedar forest where two captains dueled to the death. In .3 mi., L past farmhouse remains

MAN006

Location: 38.828812, -77.521599
On L, stone enclosure marks 1801 cemetery. Continue on trail past hundreds of unmarked slave graves on R

MAN007

Location: 38.826946, -77.527908
Confederates fired on their own lines @ Matthews Hill; more battles ensued when bluecoats crept over the crest

MAN008

Location: 38.825241, -77.529457
Retrace the flight of the confederates S to safety @ Henry Hill

MAN009

Location: 38.823814, -77.530212
L @ T

MAN010

Location: 38.819038, -77.526077
Restored 1840s stone house: local tavern converted into refuge for the Union’s wounded. Ahead, cross US 29

MAN011

Location: 38.816200, -77.523422
Straight @ 3-way with Henry Hill Loop Trail

MAN012

Location: 38.814747, -77.522614
Henry House: Judith Henry, only civilian casualty of battle (victim of a runaway bullet). Head S past iron artillery to car



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