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Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax on merchandise - clothing is excluded from this tax.
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Donate $5 and receive a 2009 Donor Tag... you can make it easy on yourself, just "round-up" your purchase total!
Your gift is very much appreciated, and will be used to help develop and maintain the Great Allegheny Passage.
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TrailBook 2009-2010
The preferred guide to the C&O Canal Towpath and Great Allegheny Passage, 335 miles from Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh. Published by the Allegheny Trail Alliance.
TrailBook, the recognized "bible" of the trail, is designed to give trail users a site-by-site, mile-by-mile guide to the information they want on the trail and on the businesses and services available. An updated, weatherproof, full-color map is folded into a pocket in the back of the book. Includes 200 pages of trail knowledge, plus maps and information on 15 key trail towns.
It covers the planned completion of the trail to the Forks of the Ohio in downtown Pittsburgh (four miles to go!). TrailBook includes information on campsites and amenities along the C&O as well as the Passage, with sidebars on the historical significance of the trail and is loaded with pictures of what National Geographic Adventure calls "an American classic."
Also new this year: 10 Great Little Rides -- prime out-and-back day trips along the Towpath and the Passage. |
$10.00
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Women's Ride of My Life short-sleeve T-shirt
Soft cotton T-shirt makes a perfect souvenir of your ride of the Trail. Ride of My Life on the front and colorful map of GAP and C&O Towpath on back.
Please call or email for available color & sizes: 724-872-5586
gaptrailstore@verizon.net
Sizes available: M, L, XL
Colors available: Butter (pictured), White, Blue, Citrus
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$20
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Men's Ride of My Life short-sleeve T-shirt
Soft cotton T-shirt makes a perfect souvenir of your ride of the Trail. Ride of My Life on the front and colorful map of GAP and C&O Towpath on back.
Please call or email for available color & sizes: 724-872-5586
gaptrailstore@verizon.net
Sizes available:S, M, L, XL, XXL
Colors available: Butter, Sage, Blue, Citrus
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$20
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Great Allegheny Passage short-sleeve T-shirt
This is a must have for Passage enthusiasts! Our full-color, round logo on the front, and the colorful map on the back highlights the Passage, its awesome structures and several points of interest.
The Jerzee brand, 50/50 blend, T-shirt comes in Uni-sex sizes: S, M, L, XL
Colors available: White, Gray
Sizing notes: the white t-shirts are a tad larger than the gray ones; the small would be equivalent to a child’s XL and the Medium a woman’s small.
Please call or email for available color & sizes: 724-872-5586
gaptrailstore@verizon.net |
$12
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Great Allegheny Passage Logo Hat
This six panel baseball hat features the Great Allegheny Passage logo, is 100% cotton and has an adjustable strap with a metal closure - a must have for Passage enthusiasts!
Colors available: Khaki, Navy, Black
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$14.95
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Great Allegheny Passage Grocery Tote Bag
Show your love of the Trail and the environment with this canvas tote bag. Dimensions: 13x12x7 inches
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$5
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Great Allegheny Passage & C&O Canal Towpath MUG
Our beautifully-detailed historic map of the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O Canal Towpath makes this, 15 oz., white china mug a must have for your favorite beverage!
Shipping cost for one mug is $7.
You can visit our West Newton store for pick-up: gaptrailstore@verizon.net
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$15.00
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Please note shipping cost. |
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Fleece vest embroidered with the Great Allegheny Passage logo!
Men’s Vest available in RED or BLACK
Sizes: Medium, Large, X-Large
Ladies Vest BLACK only
Sizes: Small, Medium, Large, X-Large |
$35.00
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National Road Heritage Corridor Note Cards
Twelve note cards: one image of twelve attractions along the National Road Heritage Corridor, including one featuring the Great Allegheny Passage
Each box contains 12 note cards and 12 envelopes. These unique note cards are the perfect gift for all occasions. $12.95 |
$12.95
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National Road Heritage Corridor Postcards
Ten postcards: one image of 10 attractions along the National Road Heritage Corridor, including one featuring the Great Allegheny Passage
These unique postcards are the perfect gift for all occasions. $6.95 |
$6.95
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Great Allegheny Passage metal lapel pin. ¾ x 1 inch |
$3.00
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Great Allegheny Passage Outdoor Quality Sticker
3" x 4" on white background
Great for bumpers or bikes! |
$2.00
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Great Allegheny Passage Patches
2" x 3"
A super souvenir for through trekkers!
These beautiful patches can be ironed-on or sewn. |
$3.00
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Great Allegheny Passage Log Books
3.5" x 6.2" Track your trip! This little gem is perfectly sized
for pockets or bike bags.
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$2.00
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TrailBook 2009-2010
The preferred guide to the C&O Canal Towpath and Great Allegheny Passage, 335 miles from Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh. Published by the Allegheny Trail Alliance.
TrailBook, the recognized "bible" of the trail, is designed to give trail users a site-by-site, mile-by-mile guide to the information they want on the trail and on the businesses and services available. An updated, weatherproof, full-color map is folded into a pocket in the back of the book. Includes 200 pages of trail knowledge, plus maps and information on 15 key trail towns.
It covers the planned completion of the trail to the Forks of the Ohio in downtown Pittsburgh (four miles to go!). TrailBook includes information on campsites and amenities along the C&O as well as the Passage, with sidebars on the historical significance of the trail and is loaded with pictures of what National Geographic Adventure calls "an American classic."
Also new this year: 10 Great Little Rides -- prime out-and-back day trips along the Towpath and the Passage.
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$10.00
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Linking Up: Planning Your Traffic-Free Bicycle Trip
Between Pittsburgh PA and Washington DC
By Mary Shaw and Roy Weil - Published in 2007
The trail from Pittsburgh to Washington is close enough to complete to make a good trip. Answers to common questions and directories to services and places to stay are collected in this small but powerful little book. Much of the content is available elsewhere at this site, but the book form may be more convenient. |
$4.00
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Amazon.com
igive.com |
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Potomac Heritage Trail A Hiker's Guide
By David Edwin Lillard and Ed Talone
Paperback: 152 pages, color cover, b&w photos.
Publisher: Great Allegheny Press (September, 2006)
Hike it. Bike a lot of it. The Potomac Heritage Trail, A Hiker's Guide describes experiencing Tidewater Potomac to the Forks of the Ohio under your own steam. The over 50 hikes included can be enjoyed separately or can be combined for longer trips. The authors detail each hike (many are also cycle able) providing directions, interesting sights, availability of lodgings and food and water.
The Potomac Heritage Trail, one of just eight National Scenic Trails, includes the C&O Canal Towpath, the Great Allegheny Passage, the Mt. Vernon Trail, and more. This is the first book to provide over 770 miles of extraordinary recreational resources in Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. |
$12.95
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Trail Towns Manual - Capturing Trail-Based Tourism
Recreational use of rivers and trails can bring new visitors to nearby communities. This guide is designed to help leaders in these communities, these “trail towns” take advantage of the economic opportunity that rides or walks into town. It will help you transform your town into a more inviting and memorable tourist destination, and in the process, make your town a better place for your own residents to live, work and play.
The Trail Town Guide will take you through an organization process; help you work with or create a local group focused on downtown revitalization; give you the tools to identify what your town needs to become a Trail Town; give you ideas as you start your town’s revitalization; and give you tips on how to make your hard work last over time.
Available on a CD for $3.00 plus S&H |
$6.00
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Great Little Walks in The Pittsburgh Area
By Yvonne Merrill, Mary Shaw and A E Richardson
Let’s walk! It’s a great way to help stay healthy. Great Little Walks
outlines a dozen easy walks on trails in the Pittsburgh area. A sturdy
4½ “ x 7”, 64 page book with spiral binding, just the right size for
tucking in your pocket, it gives detailed information and maps on casual walks and short bike rides on the traffic-free Great Allegheny Passage and connecting trails.
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$7.95
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A Passage Through Time and the Mountains
By Bill Metzger and the ATA
Temporarily out of stock.
This little piece is quite the charmer. 18 pages that will take you back through the history of the Passage... defining for you why we call it the Great Allegheny Passage... |
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The Great Allegheny Pasage Companion: Guide to History and Heritage Along the Trail
By Bill Metzger
We do not carry this item, it must be purchased from one of the links listed to the right.
A Guide to History and Heritage along the Trail by Bill Metzger is the most comprehensive guide to the trail on the market. Divided into 22 chapters with maps, photos, illustrations, and descriptions for each five mile section of the over 100 mile long trail that will link Pittsburgh, PA to Cumberland, MD and eventually to Washington D.C. Hikers, bikers, rail buffs, armchair travelers and lovers of Pennsylvania history will find this the must have book about the Great Allegheny Passage! According to Larry Walsh, Recreational Bicycling Columnist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the book is "A carefully researched history of one of America's great multi-use trails by an animated story-teller. Even those familiar with the Great Allegheny Passage will find themselves saying: 'Hey, I didn't know that.'" 204 pages |
Amazon.com.
The Local History Company |
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FreeWheeling Easy in Western Pennsylvania
By Mary Shaw and Roy Weil:
The fourth edition of the comprehensive guide to motor-free recreational trails all over western Pennsylvania, this guide covers all the open sections of the Pittsburgh to Cumberland Trail. In addition to trail descriptions, it features clear driving directions to trailheads and descriptions of the amenities along the trails.
It is
anticipated that the fourth edition will be available in January 2007. Check the web site at http://shaw-weil.com for current status. We will have
it available here, shortly after it is printed.
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