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16 U.S.C. § 1242 — National trails system

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16 U.S.C. § 1242 — National trails system

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**(a) Composition: recreation trails; scenic trails; historic trails; connecting or side trails; uniform markers** The national system of trails shall be composed of the following: (1) National recreation trails, established as provided in [section 1243 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1243&num=0&edition=prelim), which will provide a variety of outdoor recreation uses in or reasonably accessible to urban areas. (2) National scenic trails, established as provided in [section 1244 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1244&num=0&edition=prelim), which will be extended trails so located as to provide for maximum outdoor recreation potential and for the conservation and enjoyment of the nationally significant scenic, historic, natural, or cultural qualities of the areas through which such trails may pass. National scenic trails may be located so as to represent desert, marsh, grassland, mountain, canyon, river, forest, and other areas, as well as landforms which exhibit significant characteristics of the physiographic regions of the Nation. (3) National historic trails, established as provided in [section 1244 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1244&num=0&edition=prelim), which will be extended trails which follow as closely as possible and practicable the original trails or routes of travel of national historical significance. Designation of such trails or routes shall be continuous, but the established or developed trail, and the acquisition thereof, need not be continuous onsite. National historic trails shall have as their purpose the identification and protection of the historic route and its historic remnants and artifacts for public use and enjoyment. Only those selected land and water based components of an historic trail which are on federally owned lands and which meet the national historic trail criteria established in this chapter are included as Federal protection components of a national historic trail. The appropriate Secretary may certify other lands as protected segments of an historic trail upon application from State or local governmental agencies or private interests involved if such segments meet the national historic trail criteria established in this chapter and such criteria supplementary thereto as the appropriate Secretary may prescribe, and are administered by such agencies or interests without expense to the United States. (4) Connecting or side trails, established as provided in [section 1245 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1245&num=0&edition=prelim), which will provide additional points of public access to national recreation, national scenic or national historic trails or which will provide connections between such trails. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with appropriate governmental agencies and public and private organizations, shall establish a uniform marker for the national trails system. **(b) Extended trails** For purposes of this section, the term “extended trails” means trails or trail segments which total at least one hundred miles in length, except that historic trails of less than one hundred miles may be designated as extended trails. While it is desirable that extended trails be continuous, studies of such trails may conclude that it is feasible to propose one or more trail segments which, in the aggregate, constitute at least one hundred miles in length.

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16 U.S.C. § 1243 — National recreation trails; establishment and designation; prerequisites

**(a)** The Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Agriculture where lands administered by him are involved, may establish and designate national recreation trails, with the consent of the Federal agency, State, or political subdivision having jurisdiction over the lands involved, upon finding that— (i) such trails are reasonably accessible to urban areas, and, or (ii) such trails meet the criteria established in this chapter and such supplementary criteria as he may prescribe. **(b)** As provided in this section, trails within park, forest, and other recreation areas administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture or in other federally administered areas may be established and designated as “National Recreation Trails” by the appropriate Secretary and, when no Federal land acquisition is involved— (i) trails in or reasonably accessible to urban areas may be designated as “National Recreation Trails” by the appropriate Secretary with the consent of the States, their political subdivisions, or other appropriate administering agencies; (ii) trails within park, forest, and other recreation areas owned or administered by States may be designated as “National Recreation Trails” by the appropriate Secretary with the consent of the State; and (iii) trails on privately owned lands may be designated “National Recreation Trails” by the appropriate Secretary with the written consent of the owner of the property involved.

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16 U.S.C. § 1244 — National scenic and national historic trails

**(a) Establishment and designation; administration** National scenic and national historic trails shall be authorized and designated only by Act of Congress. There are hereby established the following National Scenic and National Historic Trails: (1) The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, a trail of approximately two thousand miles extending generally along the Appalachian Mountains from Mount Katahdin, Maine, to Springer Mountain, Georgia. Insofar as practicable, the right-of-way for such trail shall comprise the trail depicted on the maps identified as “Nationwide System of Trails, Proposed Appalachian Trail, NST–AT–101–May 1967”, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Director of the National Park Service. Where practicable, such rights-of-way shall include lands protected for it under agreements in effect as of October 2, 1968, to which Federal agencies and States were parties. The Appalachian Trail shall be administered primarily as a footpath by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture. (2) The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, a trail of approximately two thousand three hundred fifty miles, extending from the Mexican-California border northward generally along the mountain ranges of the west coast States to the Canadian-Washington border near Lake Ross, following the route as generally depicted on the map, identified as “Nationwide System of Trails, Proposed Pacific Crest Trail, NST–PC–103–May 1967” which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service. The Pacific Crest Trail shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior. (3) The Oregon National Historic Trail, a

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16 U.S.C. § 1245 — Connecting or side trails; establishment, designation, and marking as components of national trails system; location

Connecting or side trails within park, forest, and other recreation areas administered by the Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of Agriculture may be established, designated, and marked by the appropriate Secretary as components of a national recreation, national scenic or national historic trail. When no Federal land acquisition is involved, connecting or side trails may be located across lands administered by interstate, State, or local governmental agencies with their consent, or, where the appropriate Secretary deems necessary or desirable, on privately owned lands with the consent of the landowner. Applications for approval and designation of connecting and side trails on non-Federal lands shall be submitted to the appropriate Secretary.

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16 U.S.C. § 1242 — National trails system

Page 1656 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 1242 tion of (and updates for) an operating handbook for Federal administrators of the National Trails System and others involved in creating a national system of trails. The handbook shall reflect each agencies’ gov- erning policies and provide guidance to each agencies’ field staff and partners about the roles and responsibil- ities needed to make each trail in the national system fully operational. SEC. 4. Observance of Existing Laws. Nothing in this Executive Order shall be construed to override existing laws, including those that protect the lands, waters, wildlife habitats, wilderness areas, and cultural values of this Nation. SEC. 5. Judicial Review. This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the executive branch. It does not create any right or benefit, sub- stantive or procedural, enforceable in law or equity by any party against the United States, its agencies, its officers or employees, or any other person. WILLIAM J. CLINTON. § 1242. National trails system (a) Composition: recreation trails; scenic trails; historic trails; connecting or side trails; uni- form markers The national system of trails shall be com- posed of the following: (1) National recreation trails, established as provided in section 1243 of this title, which will provide a variety of outdoor recreation uses in or reasonably accessible to urban areas. (2) National scenic trails, established as pro- vided in section 1244 of this title, which will be extended trails so located as to provide for maximum outdoor recreation potential and for the conservation and enjoyment of the nation- ally significant scenic, historic, natural, or cultural qualities of the areas through which such trails may pass. National sc

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