Editing National Trails System (section)

== {{anchor|connector}} Connecting or side trails==
The act also established a category of trails known as connecting or side trails. Though there are no guidelines for how these are managed, these have been designated by the secretary of the interior to extend trails beyond the original congressionally established route. Seven side trails have been designated:<ref name="National Park Service-2019">{{Cite web |date=January 2019 |title=Reference Manual 45 – National Trails System |url=https://www.nps.gov/policy/Reference_Manual_45.pdf |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>

* Timms Hill Trail – {{Cvt|14|mi|km}}, connects the [[Ice Age Trail]] to Wisconsin's highest point, [[Timms Hill]] (1990)<ref name="About.com-1999" />
* Anvik Connector – {{Cvt|86|mi|km}}, joins the [[Iditarod Trail]] to the village of [[Anvik, Alaska]] (1990)<ref name="About.com-1999" />
*Susquehanna River Component Connecting Trail – {{Cvt|552|mi|km}}, extends the [[Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail]] up the [[Susquehanna River]] in Pennsylvania and New York (2012)<ref name="DoI-2012">{{Cite web |date=2012-05-16 |title=America's Great Outdoors: Secretary Salazar Expands Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail |url=https://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/AMERICAS-GREAT-OUTDOORS-Secretary-Salazar-Designates-Captain-John-Smith-Chesapeake-National-Historic-Trail |access-date=2021-05-12 |publisher=Department of the Interior}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120927104951/http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/loader.cfm?csModule=security%2Fgetfile&pageid=296798 Map]</ref>
*Chester River Component Connecting Trail – {{Cvt|46|mi|km}}, extends the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail up the [[Chester River]] in Maryland (2012)<ref name="DoI-2012" />
*Upper Nanticoke River Component Connecting Trail – {{Cvt|23|mi|km}}, extends the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail up the [[Nanticoke River]] in Delaware (2012)<ref name="DoI-2012" />
*Upper James River Component Connecting Trail – {{Cvt|220|mi|km}}, extends the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail up the [[James River]] in Virginia (2012)<ref name="DoI-2012" />
*Marion to Selma Connecting Trail – {{Cvt|28|mi|km}}, connects the [[Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail]] to [[Marion, Alabama]], where [[Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson|Jimmie Lee Jackson was murdered]] in 1965 (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koplowitz |first=Howard |date=2015-07-20 |title=Marion added to Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail |url=https://www.al.com/news/2015/07/marion_added_to_selma_to_montg.html |access-date=2021-05-12 |website=AL.com |language=en}}</ref>