Running Around Town:  Washington, D.C. 

Glover Archbold Trail
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Dirt, wooded some stairs and a tunnel (blue blazes)
Segment in Miles Cumulative Miles Miles Remaining
Van Ness St trail head 0.00 0.00 3.10
cross fields & enter woods 0.15 0.15 2.95
Foundry Branch X on stones 0.17 0.32 2.78
wooden bridge over Foundry Branch 0.02 0.34 2.76
small wooden bridge 0.04 0.38 2.72
TR X in open area; bear to far R 0.23 0.61 2.49
Massachusetts Ave; stairs on other side 0.08 0.69 2.41
small wooden bridge 0.05 0.74 2.36
old stone structure 0.08 0.82 2.28
small wooden bridge 0.21 1.03 2.07
wooden bridge over Foundry Branch 0.02 1.05 2.05
Cathedral Ave (unmarked) 0.07 1.12 1.98
small wooden bridge 0.12 1.24 1.86
L/R at New Mexico Ave (unmarked) 0.07 1.31 1.79
wooden bridge over Foundry Branch 0.08 1.39 1.71
TR X on R merges 0.06 1.45 1.65
TR X on L; sewer pipe visible; trail is on it 0.15 1.60 1.50
Wesley Heights Trail on R 0.03 1.63 1.47
TR X on L 0.28 1.91 1.19
TR X on R to small dam 0.20 2.11 0.99
Whitehaven Trail on L 0.02 2.13 0.97
R to cross stream and stay on trail; straigt is dead end 0.23 2.36 0.74
CL Resevoir Rd at 44th St; leave woods 0.11 2.47 0.63
R into park; open field--go downhill 0.03 2.50 0.60
TR X on L (Montrose/Glover Archbold connector) in field 0.09 2.59 0.51
TR X on R 0.16 2.75 0.35
Trestle underpass 0.22 2.97 0.13
TR X before Canal Rd/Macarthur Blvd X 0.03 3.00 0.10
TR X and underpass 0.03 3.03 0.07
TR X connector to Crescent Trail 0.06 3.09 0.01
Crescent Trail 0.01 3.10 0.00

 

 

 


About Running Around Town © 1999. Nadim Ahmed

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Last modified: September 26, 2006