Capital Crescent Trail

rail-to-trail project trail between Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, Maryland
AdministrativeArea rail_trail Q5035538
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Capital Crescent Trail

Summary

Capital Crescent Trail is a rail trail[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of rail_trail entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (209 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Capital Crescent Trail is located in Montgomery County[3].
  • Capital Crescent Trail is located in Washington, D.C.[4].
  • Capital Crescent Trail is in the country of United States[5].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's instance of is recorded as rail trail[6].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's Commons category is recorded as Capital Crescent Trail[7].
  • December 1996 marks the founding of Capital Crescent Trail[8].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's terminus location is recorded as Silver Spring[9].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's terminus location is recorded as Georgetown[10].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 38.943935, 'longitude': -77.115855, 'precision': 0.000277778}[11].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's described at URL is recorded as https://www.cctrail.org/[12].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's described at URL is recorded as https://www.traillink.com/trail/capital-crescent-trail/[13].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's described at URL is recorded as https://www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/capital-crescent-georgetown-branch-trails/[14].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's partially coincident with is recorded as U.S. Bicycle Route 50[15].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q253276', 'amount': '+11'}[16].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's URL is recorded as https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1_1tIC9CgmA4ThO5ZCgQt3yUf-Kc[17].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's exact match is recorded as http://yago-knowledge.org/resource/Capital_Crescent_Trail[18].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's exact match is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/resource/Capital_Crescent_Trail[19].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's patronage is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+850000'}[20].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's parallel street is recorded as U.S. Bicycle Route 50 in the District of Columbia[21].
  • Capital Crescent Trail's official map URL is recorded as https://mcplanning.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=e5e1f548fd1e41f1a3960bcbea0f7ba0&trail=MC-H06-HSTRAIL-01[22].

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Geography

Capital Crescent Trail is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Montgomery County[3], a county of Maryland[23], in United States[24], founded in 1776[25] and Washington, D.C.[4], a city in the United States[26], in United States[27], founded in 1790[28].

Physical Characteristics

Capital Crescent Trail's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q253276', 'amount': '+11'}[16].

Designation and Status

Capital Crescent Trail's instance of is recorded as rail trail[6].

History and Context

December 1996 marks the founding of Capital Crescent Trail[8].

Why It Matters

Capital Crescent Trail ranks in the top 9% of rail_trail entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (209 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . Library of Congress Subject Headings. Retrieved . cctrail.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . cctrail.org. Retrieved . cctrail.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . Library of Congress Subject Headings. Retrieved . cctrail.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . traillink.com. Retrieved . traillink.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . traillink.com. Retrieved . traillink.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Q12013. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . cctrail.org. Retrieved . cctrail.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . cctrail.org. Retrieved . cctrail.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . railstotrails.org. Retrieved . railstotrails.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . montgomeryparks.org. Retrieved . montgomeryparks.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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    Country United States
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