District of Columbia trails · Mount Pleasant Heritage Trail: Village in the City
Mount Pleasant Heritage Trail: Village in the City
A 1.9-mile out-and-back in District of Columbia, with 77 ft of climbing. Managed by DC Geographic Information System.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 1.9 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Getting there
Mount Pleasant Heritage Trail: Village in the City access — parking nearby. About 8 min drive (3 mi) from Washington. 38.92984, -77.03786 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:49 a.m., the sun rises at 7:16 a.m. and sets at 6:31 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:58 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 15 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.7-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 27 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:43 a.m. — 9 h 48 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Columbia Heights Heritage Trail: Cultural Convergence — 0.3 mi
- Adams Morgan Heritage Trail: Roads to Diversity — 0.6 mi
- Bike Trail #5 — 0.7 mi
- Valley Trail — 0.8 mi