51 Trails in Washington, District of Columbia

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. Meadowood Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Lorton
10. Difficult Run Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Fairfax County
11. Black Hill Regional Park Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Germantown
12. Laurel Hill Park Beginner difficulty 9.0 **** Lorton
13. Seneca Creek State Park Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Germantown
14. South Germantown Pump Track Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Germantown
15. Muddy Branch Greenway Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Darnestown
16. Ronald C. McDonnell Campground Loop Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Bethesda
17. Seneca Bluffs Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Darnestown
18. Seneca Ridge Trail (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Germantown
19. Cedarville State Forest Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Waldorf
20. C&O Canal Easiest difficulty 183.0 *** Washington
21. Cabin John Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Bethesda
22. Wincopin (Savage) Trail Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Columbia
23. River Road Dirt Section Easiest difficulty 5.0 **** Poolesville
24. Lake Needwood Trails Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Rockville
25. Hoyles Mill Connector Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Germantown
26. Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Gaithersburg
27. Ten Mile Creek (Black Hill Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Boyds
28. Mill Creek Park Dirt Jumps Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Annandale
29. Great Falls National Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mclean
30. Fort Circle Trail / Fort Dupont Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Washington
31. Burke Lake Easiest difficulty 4 *** Burke
32. L. F. Cosca Regional Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Clinton
33. 495 Jump Trail Easiest difficulty 3 **** Annandale / Fairfax
34. Odenton Park Beginner difficulty 4.0 *** Odenton
35. Little Bennett Regional Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Clarksburg
36. Cosca Regional Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Clinton
37. Clopper Lake (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Germantown
38. South Run Valley Stream Easiest difficulty 15.0 **** Fairfax
39. BWI Trail Easiest difficulty 41.0 *** Baltimore
40. Creekside Trail (Little falls park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Bethesda
41. Arundel HS Trails Intermediate difficulty 12.0 *** Odenton
42. Lake Elkhorn, Columbia Easiest difficulty 6.0 *** Columbia
43. Loughborough mill Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ** Bethesda
44. Rocky Gorge Reservoir difficulty 2.0 * Laurel
45. Pepco Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** North Potomac
46. Mason Neck State Park difficulty 3.0 Lorton
47. 495 Downhill difficulty 0.0 Annandale
48. Northwest Branch Trail difficulty 4.0 Silver spring
49. Watts Branch Forest Preserve difficulty 1.0 Rockville
50. Beavertale Trail difficulty 1.1 Rockville

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