The Black Heritage Trail is a National Recreation Trail

National Recreation Trail

National Recreation Trail is a designation given to existing trails that contribute to health, conservation, and recreation goals in the United States. Over 1,000 trails in all 50 U.S. states, available for public use and ranging from less than a mile to in length, have been designated as NRTs...

 located in Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...

. It is an urban trail connecting 30 African American Heritage Points of interest. The Trail features many contributions and significant events in African American History of Columbus.

1. Ma Rainey Home
2. First African Baptist Church
   First African Baptist Church (Columbus, Georgia)
   First African Baptist Church is a historic church at 901 5th Avenue in Columbus, Georgia.It was built in 1915 and added to the National Register in 1980.It is featured on the Black Heritage Trail....
   
   
3. St. John AME Church
4. Claflin School
5. Metropolitan Baptist Church
6. Restored Train Station
7. Saint James AME Church
8. Old City Jail
9. Friendship Baptist Church
10. The Liberty Theatre
11. William Spencer High School
12. Porterdale Cemetery
13. Old Slave Cemetery
14. Fifth Avenue School
15. Mildred L. Terry Library
16. Fourth Street Baptist
17. The Spencer House
18. Columbus Urban League
19. Brick Streets Laid by Slaves
20. First Interracial Law Firm of Columbus
21. Primus King Site
22. Springer Opera House
23. Dr. Thomas H. Brewer Assasination Site
24. Site of first Silent store
25. Temperance Hall
26. Greater Shady Grove Baptist Church
27. City Mills
28. Isaac Maund House
29. Kinfolks Corner
30. Dillingham Street Bridge

The trail received National Recreation Trail Designation from the Secretary of the Interior

Secretary of the Interior

The Secretary of the Interior may refer to:* The United States Secretary of the Interior* The Secretario de Gobernación Secretary of the Interior...

during a 2000 ceremony at the historic Liberty Theater. The ceremony paid tribute to Ms. Judith Grant, a Black Heritage Trail organizer and local historian.