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The 29.9-mile Anacostia Tributary Trail System includes a number of trails linked together and managed by the National Park Service.
About the Route
This trail system carries trail users throughout a variety of towns and neighborhoods in Prince George and Montgomery counties. The trails include: the Anacostia River Trail, the Northwest Branch Trail, the Northeast Branch Trail, the Indian Creek Trail, the Paint Branch Trail, the Lake Artemesia Trail, and the Sligo Creek Trail.
The Anacostia Tributary Trail System runs between Colmar Manor Community Park and Wheaton-Glenmont, Franklin Knolls, and Hollywood.
Parking is available at a number of locations, including:
Please see TrailLink Map for all parking options and detailed directions.
Narrow trail running along a median strip of woods. Nice if you are using it to commute to different parts of the city but if you are using it for a nice ride I would skip this one. There are a lot of street crossings so its very stop and start. Also lots of construction breaking up the ride.
A well-paved asphalt trail that runs between approx. Hyattsville MD and Greenbelt MD, it has just a couple of road crossings and runs across a particularly nice stretch of the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River. Wide expansive vistas across fields, views of the river, along the edge of city parks, and winding up in the more forested section near Greenbelt Park. Not overly crowded.
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