43 Trails in Bethesda, Maryland

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Wakefield Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Annandale
2. Fairland Recreational Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Burtonsville
3. Lake Fairfax Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Reston
4. Lake Accotink Network Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Springfield
5. Colvin Run Trail Beginner difficulty 4.0 **** Reston
6. Schaeffer Farms Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Germantown
7. Difficult Run Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Fairfax County
8. Black Hill Regional Park Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Germantown
9. Fox Mill District Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Reston
10. Seneca Creek State Park Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Germantown
11. South Germantown Pump Track Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Germantown
12. Muddy Branch Greenway Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Darnestown
13. Ronald C. McDonnell Campground Loop Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Bethesda
14. Seneca Bluffs Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Darnestown
15. Seneca Ridge Trail (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Germantown
16. C&O Canal Easiest difficulty 183.0 *** Washington
17. Folkstone Park Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ** Herndon
18. Cabin John Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Bethesda
19. River Road Dirt Section Easiest difficulty 5.0 **** Poolesville
20. Lake Needwood Trails Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Rockville
21. Hoyles Mill Connector Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Germantown
22. Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Gaithersburg
23. Ten Mile Creek (Black Hill Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Boyds
24. Mill Creek Park Dirt Jumps Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Annandale
25. Great Falls National Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mclean
26. Bull Run Occoquan Trail Advanced difficulty 12.0 **** Fairfax Station
27. Fort Circle Trail / Fort Dupont Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Washington
28. Burke Lake Easiest difficulty 4 *** Burke
29. 495 Jump Trail Easiest difficulty 3 **** Annandale / Fairfax
30. Little Bennett Regional Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Clarksburg
31. Cosca Regional Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Clinton
32. Clopper Lake (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Germantown
33. South Run Valley Stream Easiest difficulty 15.0 **** Fairfax
34. Creekside Trail (Little falls park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Bethesda
35. Loughborough mill Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ** Bethesda
36. Rocky Gorge Reservoir difficulty 2.0 * Laurel
37. Wilde Lake Easiest difficulty 4.0 ** Columbia
38. Pepco Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** North Potomac
39. 495 Downhill difficulty 0.0 Annandale
40. Northwest Branch Trail difficulty 4.0 Silver spring
41. Watts Branch Forest Preserve difficulty 1.0 Rockville
42. Beavertale Trail difficulty 1.1 Rockville
43. Section 7 difficulty 6.5 Fairfax County

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