Several hundred miles of trail eventually will also cross private land thanks to owners who have granted easements across their property.

Two miles further on a railway bridge crossed the river.

A mile and a half upstream the road crossed the Tule.

But that mile crosses a difficult terrain, where the politics, relations and egos are all tense.

During the middle afternoon a hunt crossed the slope not half a mile distant.

Four hundred and fifty miles to cross; it was nothing for a good vessel like the Susquehanna.

Six miles to both east and west, other roads crossed it; eight or ten miles beyond them, the wetland symbols disappeared.

Another mile we'll cross the river and be into the dwarves' territory.

"About five miles from Charleston; I crossed a river."

We roll along, five miles per hour, with our fingers crossed.