45 Trails in NW Washington, Washington

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

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