AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Washington, D.C.: Four-Season Guide to 50 of the Best Trails in Maryland, Virginia, and the Nation's Capital Book

Maryland

Section opener

1.      Patuxent River Park (Jug Bay Natural Area Loop)/Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary/Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary

2.      Calvert Cliffs State Park

3.      Cedarville State Forest

4.      American Chestnut Land Trust

5.      Seneca Creek State Park (Clopper Lake Trail)

6.      McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area

7.      Watkins Regional Park

8.      Cosca Regional Park

9.      Patuxent Research Refuge

10.  Piscataway National Park

11.  Greenbelt National Park

12.  Lake Artemesia Natural Area/Northeast Branch Trail

13.  Catoctin Mountain National Park/Cunningham Falls State Park

14.  Antietam National Battlefield Park

15.  Sugar Loaf Mountain

16.  Gathland State Park – Washington Monument State Park – Greenbrier State Park

17.  Black Hill Regional Park (Hoyles Mill Trail)

18.  Henson Creek Stream Valley Park (Henson Creek Trail)

19.  Capital Crescent Trail (straight hike from Bethesda to DC)

20.  C&O Canal Towpath – Billy Goat Trail

21.  Woodstock Equestrian Park

22.  Little Bennett Regional Park

23.  Patapsco State Park

Washington, D.C.

Section Opener

24.  Roosevelt Island and Potomac Heritage

25.  Potomac River – Georgetown to Lincoln Memorial

26.  U.S. National Arboretum

27.  Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and Kenilworth Marsh

28.  Rock Creek Park

29.  National Zoological Park to Melvin Hazen Park

30.  East Potomac Park

31.  National Mall

Virginia

32.  Prince William Forest National Park

33.  Sky Meadows State Park

34.  Mason Neck State Park

35.  Leesylvania State Park

36.  Bull Run Mountain Natural Area

37.  Thompson Wildlife Management Area

38.  Great Falls National Park/Riverbend County Park

39.  Huntley Meadows County Park

40.  Holmes Run Parklands

41.  Winkler Botanical Preserve

42.  Fraser Preserve

43.  Wildcat Mountain Natural Area Preserve

44.  Washington & Old Dominion Trail + W&OD Trail

45.  Bull Run – Occoquan Trail

46.  Scotts Run Nature Preserve

47.  Mount Vernon Trail (straight hike form Mount Vernon to Fort Hunt County Park)

48.  Old Rag – Shenandoah National Park

49.  Harpers Ferry

50.  Manassas National Battlefield Park

Essays

John Brown & the Harpers Ferry raid Battles of Manassas

Beginnings of the Smithsonian

Civilian Conservation Corps & its work locally Piscataway Indians Bald Eagle conservation Cherry blossoms

400-year-old bonsai - National Arboretum Water lilies & lotuses American Chestnut blight How the Calvert Cliffs were formed Beaver dams Geology of Great Falls

Back matter

Appendix A

Recommended Reading

Appendix B

Resources

Includes conservation and recreation organizations

Index

About the Author

About the AMC

About the AMC in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C.

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