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Rock Creek Park

3545 Williamsburg Ln NW, Washington, DC     (202) 895-6000

2 out of 5 based on 60 ratings

Washington, DC, has long been called the City of Trees. Despite a net tree-cover loss of roughly 60 percent since 1...

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Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail

Arlington, VA    

4 out of 5 based on 12 ratings

The Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail was designated a unit of the National System by an act of Congress in...

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Columbia Island, Washington, District Of Columbia

Washington, DC    

1 out of 5 based on 1 ratings

Columbia Island came into being in 1916, when the Potomac River was dredged and the spoils piled up on the Virginia...

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Billygoat Trail

Potomac, MD     (301) 739-4200

4 out of 5 based on 3 ratings

General Description The Billygoat Trail is one of the area's most popular hikes. Scenic views that include the P...

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Billygoat Section C

Greenway, VA    

0 out of 5 based on 0 ratings

Begin this hike along the towpath of the historic Cheasapeake and Ohio Canal, completed in 1850 after 22 years ...

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Great Falls Park

Greenway, VA    
Hiking 

3 out of 5 based on 2 ratings

At Great Falls, the Potomac River builds up speed and force as it falls over a series of steep, jagged rocks an...

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Georgetown Loop- Rock Creek Park South, Washington, District...

Washington, DC    

0 out of 5 based on 0 ratings

Washington's stream valley parks are a world apart from the city streets that are within earshot throughout this 72...

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Cabin John Regional Park

10610 Westlake Dr, Bethesda, MD     (301) 299-0024

3 out of 5 based on 9 ratings

Within the park there is decent network of trails to ride. Nothing technically really. It\'s a fun ride in th...

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Great Falls Tavern Visitor Ctr

11710 MacArthur Blvd, Potomac, MD     (301) 767-3714

3 out of 5 based on 18 ratings

Panel 1 - plaque on the C&O tow path: Life was very different around the Great Falls Tavern during the canal era. The...

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Block House Point River View

Potomac, MD    

0 out of 5 based on 0 ratings

The main attraction at Blockhouse Point Park is two viewpoints looking down on the Potomac River and C&O canal ...

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Roosevelt To Roosevelt, Washington, District Of Columbia

Washington, DC    

4 out of 5 based on 1 ratings

Metro-area hikers owe Theodore Roosevelt and his distant relative Franklin Delano Roosevelt at least a grateful nod...

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Theodore Roosevelt Island

GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PKWY S, Arlington, VA     (703) 289-2500

0 out of 5 based on 0 ratings

The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association purchased this 88.5-acre island in 1932 and dedicated it to the pub...

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Kenilworth Park And Aquatic Gardens

1550 Anacostia Ave NE, Washington, DC     (202) 426-6905

2 out of 5 based on 12 ratings

For a short and exotic urban hike thats wonderfully non-urban, visit Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and Park, on the An...

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C & O Canal National Historical Park

1057 Thomas Jefferson St NW, Washington, DC     (202) 653-5190
Parks 

3 out of 5 based on 22 ratings

The trail is a great, cheap, 3 day weekend (or less, depending how fast, and how far you want to go) getaway ...