60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Washington, D.C.

Renee Marchese Sklarew is a native Washingtonian who enjoys exploring her city’s many attractions, including its parks and trails. As a young girl, her father received a temporary assignment that took her family to Switzerland, and that’s where she began her passion for hiking and exploring. Today, her family makes surveying nature’s wonders a priority, and they love visiting America’s National Parks. Renee regularly contributes travel articles and photos to newspapers and magazines, including the Washingtonian, Northern Virginia Magazine, Boston Globe, and Washington Post. She is co-author of The Unofficial Guide to Washington DC and Fodor’s Washington DC Guidebook. Recently, she joined the team of “Oh Ranger!” editing guides to national, state, and local parks. Renee hopes readers will use 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Washington D.C. to discover new trails and meaningful destinations. Rachel Cooper is a freelance writer and has been the Washington, D.C., Expert for About.com (now TripSavvy.com) since 2004. Rachel is also the author of the book Images of Rail - Union Station in Washington, D.C., and has written numerous articles for local and regional publications. She especially enjoys outdoor recreation, including hiking, biking, skiing, kayaking, and stand-up paddle boarding. She met her husband, Brian, through a local windsurfing club, and they have spent more than 25 years together seeking new adventures as they travel across the region and around the world.Paul Elliott works as a writer/editor and plays primarily as a social and solo hiker. He has been leading hikes year-round in the Washington metro area and beyond since 1990, most recently for the Sierra Club and Appalachian Mountain Club. His forte is getting people with a taste for adventure to sample the pleasures and surprises of the area’s remarkable array of hiking opportunities.

• WASHINGTON, D.C.1Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park2Columbia Island3East Potomac Park and Jefferson Memorial4Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial5U.S. National Arboretum6Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail7Anacostia Riverwalk Trail8Rock Creek Park: Boulder Bridge Trail9Rock Creek Park: Northern Section10Capital Crescent Trail: Fletcher’s Cove to Georgetown Waterfront Park11Glover Archbold Park Trail and Potomac Heritage Trail NetworkCLOSE-IN MARYLAND SUBURBS12Cabin John Regional Park13Lake Needwood and Maryland’s Rock Creek Regional Park14 Black Hill Regional Park15C&O Canal Towpath: Great Falls to Old Angler’s Inn with Olmstead Island16C&O Canal Towpath: Old Angler’s Inn to Carderock17Billy Goat Trail: Sections A and B18McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area 19Lake Artemesia Natural Area and Northeast Branch Trail20Greenbelt Park21Patuxent Research Refuge: Cash Lake Trail22 Cosca Regional Park23Brookside Gardens and Wheaton Regional Park24Sandy Spring Underground Railroad Trail to Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park25Seneca Greenway Trail: Frederick Road (Rt. 355) to Brink Road 26Seneca Creek State Park: Lake Shore TrailCLOSE-IN VIRGINIA SUBURBS27Gerald Connolly Cross Country Trail: Difficult Run Stream Valley Park28Winkler Botanical Preserve29 Fort Hunt Park and Mount Vernon Trail30 Huntley Meadows Park31Turkey Run Park and the Potomac Heritage Trail Network32Scott’s Run Nature Preserve 33Fraser Preserve34Riverbend Park and the Potomac Heritage Trail Network35Great Falls Park of Virginia 36Potomac Overlook Regional Park and Nature Center 37Mason Neck State Park and National Wildlife Refuge38Burke Lake Park Trail39Lake Accotink Park Trail40Glade Stream Valley ParkRURAL MARYLAND LOCALES41Monocacy National Battlefield 42Magruder Branch Trail and Lower Magruder Trail43Little Bennett Regional Park44Rachel Carson Conservation Park45 Sugarloaf Mountain46Cunningham Falls State Park 47Catoctin Mountain Park 48Patuxent River Park: Jug Bay Natural Area49Quiet Waters Park50National Colonial Farm at Piscataway Park 51Calvert Cliffs State Park52Cedarville State ForestRURAL VIRGINIA53Manassas National Battlefield Park54Bull Run–Occoquan Trail 55Prince William Forest Park56Leesylvania State Park57Algonkian Regional Park 58Sky Meadows State Park 59Appalachian Trail: Raven Rocks60Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve