Best Hikes Washington, D.C.

by Bill Burnham, Mary Burnham

Overview

In Best Hikes Washington, DC authors Bill and Mary Burnham detail the best hikes within about an hour's drive of downtown, hikes perfect for the urban and suburbanite hard-pressed to find great outdoor activities close to home.

Each featured hike includes detailed hike specs and descriptions, trailhead location and GPS coordinates, mile-by-mile directional cues, gorgeous full-color photography, and a detailed map.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493034994
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	04/01/2019
Series:	Best Hikes Near Series
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Bill and Mary Burnham, of Gloucester, Virginia, have blended their love of travel, the outdoors, writing, and photography into a dual freelance career. They are co-authors of several guidebooks and hundreds of magazine articles. The first edition of their book Hike America: Virginia (Globe Pequot Press) won the National Outdoor Book Award's Honorable Mention prize for guidebooks.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

How to Use This Guide 9

Map Legend 13

Trail Finder 14

Maryland 17

1 American Chestnut Land Trust 19

2 Calvert Cliffs State Park 27

3 Catoctin Mountain Park 33

4 Cedarville State Forest 38

5 Cunningham Fails State Park 44

6 Gambrill State Park 49

7 Great Falls Park, MD/Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park 55

8 Jug Bay Natural Area (Patuxent River Park) 63

9 Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge 68

10 Rosaryville State Park 74

11 Seneca Creek Green way Trail North (#1) 80

12 Seneca Creek Greenway Trail South (#2) 87

13 Sugarloaf Mountain 94

Virginia 101

14 Arlington National Cemetery 102

15 Great Fails Park 108

16 G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area 114

17 Harpers Ferry, VA/MD/WV 119

18 Leesylvania State Park 126

19 Manassas National Battlefield Park 134

20 Mason Neck State Park 141

21 Overall Run, Shenandoah National Park 148

22 Piney River, Shenandoah National Park 153

23 Prince William Forest Park 160

24 Riverbend Park 168

25 Sky Meadows State Park 174

District of Columbia 181

26 Georgetown Loop (Rock Creek Park South) 182

27 National Mall Monuments 192

28 Rock Creek Park North 199

The Art of Hiking 207

Hike Index 231

About the Authors 233