Virtual Tours of Treasured Places
THE CONSERVATION FUND AND THE FRANKLIN LAND TRUST
CREATE VIRTUAL TOURS OF TREASURED AMERICAN PLACES
Virtual tours of some of America’s most important places—its parks, waterways and even battlefields—went online this week in Street View in Google Maps. The Conservation Fund and the Franklin Land Trust unveiled a host of sites across the Eastern seaboard that they hiked, paddled, and explored with the Street ViewTrekker, a mapping tool from Google that allows anyone with a screen and internet access to journey beyond the road for a tour of iconic American sites where the Franklin Land Trust and The Conservation Fund played a role in permanent protection.
Last year, The Conservation Fund borrowed and set out with Trekker—a
4-foot-tall, 40-pound camera and backpack—that’s part of Google’s project to create a digital reflection of the world for people to explore and
enjoy.
Now, these spectacular places that we protected together are online for the world to see, including virtual tours of eight sites, stretching from Delaware
to North Carolina. We are thrilled to share that our
Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation in Sunderland is available to visitors and outdoor enthusiasts across the globe seeking a glimpse
of places they might not typically see on the web-based mapping service.
“We hope that panoramic, fully navigable imagery of these places on Google Maps enables people to explore and learn about these sites of historic significance
and national pride,” said Deanna Yick, Google Maps Street View Program Manager. “The imagery collected with The Conservation Fund and its natural resource
partners truly brings Mount Sugarloaf to life.”
Take a virtual tour with Street View Trekker of places
The Conservation Fund and its partners helped to protect.
Find Fields of Gold: Connecticut River Valley: Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation, Massachusetts
Conservation Partner: Franklin Land Trust
Pay Homage to Hallowed Ground of the Civil War: Antietam National Battlefield,
Maryland
Conservation Partner: National Park Service
Discover The Water Trail That Built A New World: Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail,
Chesapeake Bay
Conservation Partner: Chesapeake Conservancy
Explore the First State’s First National Monument: First State National Monument,
Delaware
Conservation Partner: National Park Service
Get Lost in the Long Island Sound: Farm Creek Nature Preserve,
Connecticut
Conservation Partner: Norwalk Land Trust
Hike to Extremes on this Natural Wonder: Grandfather Mountain State Park,
North Carolina
Conservation Partners: Grandfather Mountain State Park and Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation
Wonder at the Grandeur of Granite Peaks: Chimney Rock State Park,
Grandfather Trail to Calloway Peak, North Carolina
Conservation Partners: Chimney Rock State Park, Chimney Rock Management, LLC, Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park
Go Wild in the Blue Ridge Mountains: DuPont State Recreational Forest,
North Carolina
Conservation Partners: DuPont State Recreational Forest, North Carolina Department of Agriculture