43 Trails in Bethesda, Maryland

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
C&O Canal Easiest difficulty 183.0 *** Washington
South Run Valley Stream Easiest difficulty 15.0 **** Fairfax
Bull Run Occoquan Trail Advanced difficulty 12.0 **** Fairfax Station
Black Hill Regional Park Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Germantown
Schaeffer Farms Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Germantown
Little Bennett Regional Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Clarksburg
Muddy Branch Greenway Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Darnestown
Lake Fairfax Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Reston
Difficult Run Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Fairfax County
Fairland Recreational Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Burtonsville
Seneca Bluffs Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Darnestown
Fort Circle Trail / Fort Dupont Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Washington
Cabin John Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Bethesda
Hoyles Mill Connector Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Germantown
Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Gaithersburg
Lake Needwood Trails Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Rockville
Wakefield Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Annandale
Seneca Creek State Park Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Germantown
Section 7 difficulty 6.5 Fairfax County
Ten Mile Creek (Black Hill Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Boyds
Seneca Ridge Trail (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Germantown
Pepco Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** North Potomac
Lake Accotink Network Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Springfield
Cosca Regional Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Clinton
Great Falls National Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mclean
River Road Dirt Section Easiest difficulty 5.0 **** Poolesville
Fox Mill District Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Reston
Northwest Branch Trail difficulty 4.0 Silver spring
Colvin Run Trail Beginner difficulty 4.0 **** Reston
Wilde Lake Easiest difficulty 4.0 ** Columbia
Burke Lake Easiest difficulty 4 *** Burke
Clopper Lake (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Germantown
495 Jump Trail Easiest difficulty 3 **** Annandale / Fairfax
Ronald C. McDonnell Campground Loop Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Bethesda
Rocky Gorge Reservoir difficulty 2.0 * Laurel
Folkstone Park Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ** Herndon
Beavertale Trail difficulty 1.1 Rockville
Watts Branch Forest Preserve difficulty 1.0 Rockville
Creekside Trail (Little falls park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Bethesda
Mill Creek Park Dirt Jumps Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Annandale
Loughborough mill Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ** Bethesda
495 Downhill difficulty 0.0 Annandale
South Germantown Pump Track Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Germantown

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