Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Rock Creek Trails are a series of trails through the Rock Creek valley and along the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Maryland.The main route extends 22 miles from Lake Needwood in Maryland to the Inlet Bridge in Washington, D.C., with a loop in the north part of Rock Creek Park and other trails through the Klingle Valley, Turkey Branch Valley, and along the North ...
The original Dirty Dozen route included 12 climbs, and there have been as many as 15, but since 1988 the race has typically featured a baker's dozen of 13 hills. [4] Changes to the historical route in recent years include a new first hill (57th St./Christopher in the Lawrenceville neighborhood) and a new second hill (Kendall, also in ...
In 1971, the Park Service set aside a lane of the Parkway north of Virginia Avenue for a week to promote commuting by bicycle. The experiment was a success, but caused traffic jams, so the Park Service paved bridle paths immediately to the west that had existed since the park was founded. [ 16 ]
A bicycle map, also known as a bike map, is a specialized map designed to assist cyclists in navigating urban, suburban, or rural areas safely and efficiently. It typically highlights bike lanes , dedicated bike paths , shared roads, and other infrastructure that accommodates bicyclists.
U.S. Bicycle Route 1 now has an additional run from the state of Maine to New Hampshire. U.S. Bicycle Route 1A is a sea-side alternate route for USBR 1 in Maine. U.S. Bicycle Route 8 runs from Fairbanks, Alaska, along the Alaska Highway, to the Canadian border. U.S. Bicycle Route 108 runs from its parent route in Tok, Alaska, to Anchorage.
By 1972, NPS had paved all of these trails except the section north of Wise to the DC Boundary. [35] The section along Military Road was originally intended to serve as part of the Fort Circle Trail, passing by Fort DeRussy , but work on the Fort Circle Trail ended in the 1970s with only three parts, the one in Rock Creek, a section of the C&O ...
The Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) is a 7.04-mile (11.33 km), shared-use rail trail that runs from Georgetown in Washington, D.C., to Bethesda, Maryland.An extension of the trail from Bethesda to Silver Spring along a route formerly known as the Georgetown Branch Trail is being built as part of the Purple Line light rail project.
The Virginia Capital Trail (VCT) (informally, the Cap Trail, or simply the Cap) is a dedicated, paved bicycle and pedestrian trail crossing four counties and 51.7 miles (83.2 km) between Jamestown and Richmond, Virginia — that is, between the Colony of Virginia's first capital and Virginia's current capital.