District of Columbia trails · Barracks Row Heritage Trail: Tour of Duty
Barracks Row Heritage Trail: Tour of Duty
A 1.6-mile out-and-back in District of Columbia, with 38 ft of climbing. Managed by DC Geographic Information System.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 1.6 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Getting there
Barracks Row Heritage Trail: Tour of Duty access — parking nearby, restroom, water. 38.88383, -76.99516 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:08 a.m., the sun rises at 6:35 a.m. and sets at 7:40 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:07 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 05 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.2-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 13 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 7:48 a.m. — 11 h 52 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail: Hub, Home, Heart — 1.1 mi
- Metropolitan Branch Trail — 1.5 mi
- Shaw Heritage Trail: Midcity at the Crossroads — 2.0 mi
- Tidal Basin — 2.1 mi