![]() Three visitor centers serve as anchors, including a Nature Center and Planetarium, a mill dating back to the 1700s and the Old Stone House in Georgetown, the oldest structure on its original foundation in the city. Picnicking, boating, horseback riding, tennis, golfing, historical exploration and connecting to nature are just some of the activities offered in the park. Among the numerous trails is an 8.5-mile paved pathway that runs parallel to Beach Drive and Oregon Avenue-also loosely following Rock Creek-in two main segments between I-66 at Peters Point in D.C. The oldest urban national park in America, established in 1890, Rock Creek Park offers more than 32 miles of hiking and bicycling trails weaving through 1,700+ acres of green space in northwest D.C. Rock Creek Park Trails Washington, D.C.'s Rock Creek Park Trails | Photo courtesy Rails-to-Trails Conservancy RELATED: Heartbeat of the Capital: How the Met Branch Trail Is Creating Common Threads in DC ![]() Plans to further develop the trail include creating a connection to the Capital Crescent Trail in Silver Spring. Highlights include vibrant revolving murals, the recently completed Alethia Tanner Park, and The Arts Walk with galleries, studios, eateries and shopping. Following the Metropolitan Branch rail line of the former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the busy rail-with-trail is adjacent to four active rail lines, including: Metro's Red Line, MARC commuter service, CSX and Amtrak. Metropolitan Branch Trail Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Branch Trail | Photo by India KeaĮventually stretching for 8 miles between Washington, D.C.’s Union Station and Silver Spring, Maryland, the Metropolitan "Met" Branch Trail (MBT) has already become a central pathway for the capital, serving thousands of commuters and recreational trail users, and connecting some of the city’s most historic and burgeoning neighborhoods-including NoMa, Eckington, Edgewood and Brookland. What’s more: D.C.’s trails are playing a key role in the Capital Trails Coalition, which is in the process of connecting the entire metropolitan region with an equitably distributed 800-mile trail network! has a lot of treasures to discover-not least of which are its rail-trails and multiuse pathways, which provide linkages, large and small, to many of the communities, rich recreational opportunities and iconic places and spaces D.C. ![]() It’s to be expected that our nation’s capital would contain some of the most renowned landmarks and green spaces in America-connecting us to our history and heritage, and celebrating the many people and diverse cultures that make up our country. ![]() Special acknowledgments: Liz Thorstensen, Kelly Pack Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Branch Trail | Photo by India Kea ![]()
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