50 Trails in Washington, District of Columbia

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
Mill Creek Park Dirt Jumps Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Annandale
Fountainhead Regional Park Intermediate difficulty 13.0 ***** Fairfax
Seneca Bluffs Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Darnestown
Loughborough mill Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ** Bethesda
Wincopin (Savage) Trail Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Columbia
Fairland Recreational Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Burtonsville
Schaeffer Farms Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Germantown
South Germantown Pump Track Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Germantown
Ronald C. McDonnell Campground Loop Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Bethesda
Lake Fairfax Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Reston
Wakefield Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Annandale
Cabin John Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Bethesda
Arundel HS Trails Intermediate difficulty 12.0 *** Odenton
Rosaryville State Park Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Upper Marlboro
Seneca Ridge Trail (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Germantown
Muddy Branch Greenway Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Darnestown
Great Falls National Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mclean
Seneca Creek State Park Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Germantown
Odenton Park Beginner difficulty 4.0 *** Odenton
Colvin Run Trail Beginner difficulty 4.0 **** Reston
Meadowood Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Lorton
Lake Accotink Network Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Springfield
Laurel Hill Park Beginner difficulty 9.0 **** Lorton
Black Hill Regional Park Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Germantown
L. F. Cosca Regional Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Clinton
Cedarville State Forest Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Waldorf
Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Gaithersburg
Difficult Run Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Fairfax County
Little Bennett Regional Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Clarksburg
Cosca Regional Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Clinton
Ten Mile Creek (Black Hill Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Boyds
Creekside Trail (Little falls park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Bethesda
Pepco Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** North Potomac
Lake Needwood Trails Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Rockville
Fort Circle Trail / Fort Dupont Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Washington
Clopper Lake (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Germantown
Hoyles Mill Connector Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Germantown
Burke Lake Easiest difficulty 4 *** Burke
Lake Elkhorn, Columbia Easiest difficulty 6.0 *** Columbia
BWI Trail Easiest difficulty 41.0 *** Baltimore
C&O Canal Easiest difficulty 183.0 *** Washington
River Road Dirt Section Easiest difficulty 5.0 **** Poolesville
495 Jump Trail Easiest difficulty 3 **** Annandale / Fairfax
South Run Valley Stream Easiest difficulty 15.0 **** Fairfax
Northwest Branch Trail difficulty 4.0 Silver spring
495 Downhill difficulty 0.0 Annandale
Watts Branch Forest Preserve difficulty 1.0 Rockville
Mason Neck State Park difficulty 3.0 Lorton
Beavertale Trail difficulty 1.1 Rockville
Section 7 difficulty 6.5 Fairfax County

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