A spring event WALKING in Maryland, DC, and Virginia on the East Coast Greenway.
Walk twenty colorful and scenic miles of the Greenway from College Park, Maryland through Washington to Old Town Alexandria.
Highlights include many miles along the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, a journey through downtown DC past the monuments and tidal basin, and through Old Town Alexandria. The Metro in Alexandria will deliver us back to our starting point.
Start: College Park Metro Station (Green Line)
Finish: Alexandria King Street – Old Town Metro (Yellow Line)
Distance: 12 or 21mi
Where to find us: College Park Metro station entrance on bus stop side
Terrain: paved, gravel
Transit: Metro green line
Return: King Street-Old Town Metro (Yellow Line) back to College Park Metro Station (Green Line) You will need to switch lines at Fort Totten.
Difficulty: Average
Category: urban, scenic
Coordinator: Katey Lazarchik, Sarah Abedin
FreeWalkers.org
Partners: The East Coast Greenway Alliance is a non-profit organization developing a public multi-use 3,000 mile trail from Canada to Key West through New Jersey and New York. Donations and memberships help make this dream trail a reality.
