Hiking trails near Washington, District of Columbia

48 official trails lie within 25 miles of Washington — 128 miles in total, 44 rated easy and 2 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 332 ft; the median trail gains 84 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Potomac Heritage Trail	9.5	255 ft	Hard	6 mi
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail	7.6	272 ft	Hard	4 mi
Valley Trail	2.4	154 ft	Easy	3 mi
Western Ridge Trail	2.1	283 ft	Easy	3 mi
Whitehaven Foot Trail	1.4	153 ft	Easy	4 mi
Suitland Parkway Trail	2.0	217 ft	Easy	5 mi
Battery Kemble Foot Trail	1.5	239 ft	Easy	4 mi
Capital Crescent Trail	3.7	118 ft	Easy	5 mi
Adams Morgan Heritage Trail: Roads to Diversity	2.8	87 ft	Easy	2 mi
Metropolitan Branch Trail	2.7	111 ft	Easy	1 mi
Georgia Ave./Pleasant Plains Heritage Trail: Lift Every Voice	2.5	115 ft	Easy	1 mi
Oxon Run Trail	3.5	68 ft	Easy	5 mi
Black Horse Trail	1.6	98 ft	Easy	4 mi
Columbia Heights Heritage Trail: Cultural Convergence	3.0	80 ft	Easy	2 mi
Anacostia Riverwalk Trail	5.2	35 ft	Easy	4 mi
Brightwood Heritage Trail: Battlegound to Community	2.5	57 ft	Easy	4 mi
Texas Ave	1.2	165 ft	Easy	4 mi
Watts Branch Trail	2.4	72 ft	Easy	4 mi
Pinehurst Trail	1.4	110 ft	Easy	6 mi
Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail: Hub, Home, Heart	3.2	44 ft	Easy	1 mi
Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail: A Self-Reliant People	1.8	84 ft	Easy	4 mi
Mount Pleasant Heritage Trail: Village in the City	1.9	77 ft	Easy	2 mi
Bike Trail #6	2.0	65 ft	Easy	2 mi
T. Roosevelt Bridge Crossing	1.6	41 ft	Easy	3 mi

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