45 Trails in NW Washington, Washington

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Fountainhead Regional Park Intermediate 13.0 ***** Fairfax
2. Wakefield Intermediate 7 **** Annandale
3. Fairland Recreational Park Intermediate 10.0 **** Burtonsville
4. Lake Fairfax Intermediate 10 **** Reston
5. Lake Accotink Network Beginner 6.0 **** Springfield
6. Colvin Run Trail Beginner 4.0 **** Reston
7. Schaeffer Farms Intermediate 10 **** Germantown
8. Rosaryville State Park Intermediate 10 **** Upper Marlboro
9. Difficult Run Beginner 10.0 *** Fairfax County
10. Black Hill Regional Park Beginner 12.0 **** Germantown
11. Laurel Hill Park Beginner 9.0 **** Lorton
12. Seneca Creek State Park Trail Beginner 7.0 *** Germantown
13. South Germantown Pump Track Intermediate 0.0 ***** Germantown
14. Muddy Branch Greenway Trail Intermediate 10.0 **** Darnestown
15. Ronald C. McDonnell Campground Loop Intermediate 3.0 **** Bethesda
16. Seneca Bluffs Trail Intermediate 8.0 **** Darnestown
17. Seneca Ridge Trail (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Intermediate 6.0 **** Germantown
18. C&O Canal Easiest 183.0 *** Washington
19. Cabin John Trail Intermediate 8.0 **** Bethesda
20. Wincopin (Savage) Trail Intermediate 6.0 **** Columbia
21. River Road Dirt Section Easiest 5.0 **** Poolesville
22. Lake Needwood Trails Beginner 7.0 **** Rockville
23. Hoyles Mill Connector Beginner 8.0 **** Germantown
24. Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Beginner 7.0 **** Gaithersburg
25. Ten Mile Creek (Black Hill Regional Park) Beginner 6.0 ***** Boyds
26. Mill Creek Park Dirt Jumps Advanced 1.0 **** Annandale
27. Great Falls National Park Intermediate 6.0 *** Mclean
28. Fort Circle Trail / Fort Dupont Park Beginner 8.0 *** Washington
29. Burke Lake Easiest 4 *** Burke
30. L. F. Cosca Regional Park Beginner 5.0 **** Clinton
31. 495 Jump Trail Easiest 3 **** Annandale / Fairfax
32. Little Bennett Regional Park Beginner 10.0 *** Clarksburg
33. Cosca Regional Park Beginner 6.0 ***** Clinton
34. Clopper Lake (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Beginner 3.0 *** Germantown
35. South Run Valley Stream Easiest 15.0 **** Fairfax
36. Creekside Trail (Little falls park) Beginner 1.0 ***** Bethesda
37. Lake Elkhorn, Columbia Easiest 6.0 *** Columbia
38. Loughborough mill Intermediate 0.0 ** Bethesda
39. Rocky Gorge Reservoir 2.0 * Laurel
40. Pepco Beginner 6.0 ** North Potomac
41. 495 Downhill 0.0 Annandale
42. Northwest Branch Trail 4.0 Silver spring
43. Watts Branch Forest Preserve 1.0 Rockville
44. Beavertale Trail 1.1 Rockville
45. Section 7 6.5 Fairfax County

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