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Proper Trails 25k Course (16.3 Miles / 1700ft)
Running Route
Moderate
16.39 mi
1,735 ft
START: Fletcher's Boathouse (upper parking lot)
-North through tunnel, up Battery Kemble Trail
-Cross MacArthur Blvd. Take single-track Battery Kemble Trail (on the Left)
-Continue on Battery Kemble single-track past driveway and down into Dog park
- Turn Right on Battery Kemble Trail main south (turns into double track past parking lot)
- Turn Left onto Wesley Heights Trail
- Turn Left onto Glover-Archbold Trail north
- Jump off trail and turn Right on Van Ness
- Turn Left on 39th St.
- Turn Right on Albemarle St.
- Cross Connecticut and pickup Soapstone trail (half a block)
- Take Soapstone Trail to Broad Branch Rd. Turn Right
- Run for half a block on Broad Branch to Parking Lot on the Right
- Turn Right onto Western Ridge Trail (creek is on your left)
- Pass Peirce Mill and under Tilden head up toward the picnic area 1 (to the right)
- take Western Ridge Trail from the picnic area over bridge to fork (moderate trail)
- at the top of first climb (after the switchback) turn Left onto driveway
- run through the parking lot and take fireroad on the Left
- drop onto Porter St. Cross Porter and drop onto Rock Creek Bike Path on the Right
- take Rock Creek Bike path and cross over Calvert St. (pass the exercise stuff)
- take dirt Trail on the Right before the bridge
- Pass Norman Stone Trail on the Right and keep straight to Dumbarton Trail/Park
- Take Dumbarton Trail through the gate and cross over the stream at the log bridge and head up the cart gravel path and make a Left
- at Whitehaven Rd. make a Right to the Whitehaven Trail (follow along the naval observatory)
- Run down the road past the New Zealand and British embassies on the Right and cross over Massachusetts to the Normanstone Trail (take trail)
- Take a Right at Normanstone Rd. follow the yellow blazes down the road onto the trail and to the Creek and make a Right - REPEAT the dumbarton Trail segment to Whitehaven Rd.
- After that, Make a Left on Whitehaven Rd. (cross over Wisconsin and the small park)
- Continue up Whitehaven Trail and cross over 37th st.
- Stay on Whitehaven Trail into the Dog Park and take the Left-hand Trail across the Dog Park to stay on Whitehaven Trail
- The community garden will be on your Left (stay on Whitehaven Trail)
- Make a Left on the Glover-Archbold Trail down to the end on Canal Rd.
- Left on Canal Rd. to Cross over the Key Bridge to the Francis Scott Key Memorial Park
- Take a Right down the stair case and the bridge over the C&O canal
- Run Right/North on the Canal Towpath back to Fletcher's Boathouse
FINISH: Fletcher's Boathouse
-North through tunnel, up Battery Kemble Trail
-Cross MacArthur Blvd. Take single-track Battery Kemble Trail (on the Left)
-Continue on Battery Kemble single-track past driveway and down into Dog park
- Turn Right on Battery Kemble Trail main south (turns into double track past parking lot)
- Turn Left onto Wesley Heights Trail
- Turn Left onto Glover-Archbold Trail north
- Jump off trail and turn Right on Van Ness
- Turn Left on 39th St.
- Turn Right on Albemarle St.
- Cross Connecticut and pickup Soapstone trail (half a block)
- Take Soapstone Trail to Broad Branch Rd. Turn Right
- Run for half a block on Broad Branch to Parking Lot on the Right
- Turn Right onto Western Ridge Trail (creek is on your left)
- Pass Peirce Mill and under Tilden head up toward the picnic area 1 (to the right)
- take Western Ridge Trail from the picnic area over bridge to fork (moderate trail)
- at the top of first climb (after the switchback) turn Left onto driveway
- run through the parking lot and take fireroad on the Left
- drop onto Porter St. Cross Porter and drop onto Rock Creek Bike Path on the Right
- take Rock Creek Bike path and cross over Calvert St. (pass the exercise stuff)
- take dirt Trail on the Right before the bridge
- Pass Norman Stone Trail on the Right and keep straight to Dumbarton Trail/Park
- Take Dumbarton Trail through the gate and cross over the stream at the log bridge and head up the cart gravel path and make a Left
- at Whitehaven Rd. make a Right to the Whitehaven Trail (follow along the naval observatory)
- Run down the road past the New Zealand and British embassies on the Right and cross over Massachusetts to the Normanstone Trail (take trail)
- Take a Right at Normanstone Rd. follow the yellow blazes down the road onto the trail and to the Creek and make a Right - REPEAT the dumbarton Trail segment to Whitehaven Rd.
- After that, Make a Left on Whitehaven Rd. (cross over Wisconsin and the small park)
- Continue up Whitehaven Trail and cross over 37th st.
- Stay on Whitehaven Trail into the Dog Park and take the Left-hand Trail across the Dog Park to stay on Whitehaven Trail
- The community garden will be on your Left (stay on Whitehaven Trail)
- Make a Left on the Glover-Archbold Trail down to the end on Canal Rd.
- Left on Canal Rd. to Cross over the Key Bridge to the Francis Scott Key Memorial Park
- Take a Right down the stair case and the bridge over the C&O canal
- Run Right/North on the Canal Towpath back to Fletcher's Boathouse
FINISH: Fletcher's Boathouse
Created By
Max Nacheman
Route and Elevation
Segments
| Name | Distance | Elev. Diff. | Avg. Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Kemble over to Glover | 0.72 mi | -148 ft | -0.7% |
| New Mexico to Cathedral | 0.17 mi | 36 ft | 2.1% |
| Cathedral to Mass | 0.39 mi | 69 ft | 2.0% |
| Massachussets Ave -> Uptown St | 0.59 mi | 75 ft | 1.6% |
| Mass to Van Ness | 0.69 mi | 75 ft | 1.7% |
| Soapstone Trail - Ablemarle to Broach Branch | 0.85 mi | -171 ft | -3.6% |
| Western Ridge - Top (North to South) | 0.22 mi | 98 ft | 8.1% |
| To the zoooooooo | 0.54 mi | 26 ft | 0.3% |
| Olmstead Walk Climb | 0.18 mi | 282 ft | 29.7% |
| gate to gate reverse | 0.46 mi | -115 ft | -3.6% |
| Connecticut Ave Nw Climb | 0.23 mi | 374 ft | 30.0% |
| Bridge to Bridge | 0.40 mi | 72 ft | 1.8% |
| Dumbarton bottom to top | 0.53 mi | 141 ft | 4.9% |
| Rock Creek to Whitehaven Parkway | 0.52 mi | 102 ft | 3.0% |
| Whitehaven to Mass Ave | 0.35 mi | 43 ft | 0.2% |
| Normanstone downhill | 0.13 mi | -92 ft | -12.6% |
| Normanstone to Park | 0.38 mi | -75 ft | -3.5% |