Metropolitan Branch Trail
72Metropolitan Branch Trail is a 5.6-mile bike path in and around Washington, DC. 98% of it has a smooth, kid-friendly surface. 32% of it is away from cars. There's a playground, restrooms and parking within half a mile. PedalKin gives it a kid score of 72 out of 100.
5.6 mi · 98% smooth surface · 32% away from cars
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Best place to start
Park in the lot off New York Avenue Northeast, 0.1 mi from the trail. From the lot, restrooms are about 800 feet away and a playground is about 800 feet away.
- The trail
- Playground
- Restroom
- Parking
- Best place to start
Playgrounds and restrooms within half a mile are shown. Parking lots are shown if they're within about 200 m (one or two blocks), plus the closest one. Tap a dot or icon for its name.
Close by
Parks within half a mile of the trail, closest first, and what they have.
- Fort Circle Park (along the trail): 1 parking lot
- Alethia Tanner Park (along the trail): 1 playground
- Keene Field (along the trail): 1 parking lot
- Swampoodle Park (along the trail): 1 playground
- Brookland Green (along the trail): 1 parking lot
- Takoma Recreation Center (along the trail): 2 playgrounds
- Noyes Park (0.1 mi away): 1 playground and 1 parking lot
- Turkey Thicket (0.1 mi away): 2 playgrounds and 1 parking lot
- Lamond (0.3 mi away): 2 playgrounds
- Takoma Urban Park (0.3 mi away): 1 playground
Plus 4 more parks, and 20 playgrounds, 1 restroom and 89 parking lots outside parks, shown on the map.
Nearby trails
These trails connect to or come within a block or two of Metropolitan Branch Trail.
- K Street Northeast · 0.7 mi · kid score 94
More Washington trails
- Elm Walk · 1.0 mi · kid score 100
- Klingle Valley Trail · 0.6 mi · kid score 100
- Humpback Bridge Trail · 0.6 mi · kid score 99
- Capital Crescent Trail · 3.6 mi · kid score 98
- Columbia Road Northwest · 1.7 mi · kid score 97
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