Washington, DC: Little Bennett Regional Park
Swing off the Beltway for a 9.2-mile loop through the boggy lowlands, grassy meadows, and open ridges of this once-bustling historic valley.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 14.2
Waypoints
LBT001
Location: 39.265941619873, -77.280143737793
Head .2 mi E on gravel road to Beaver Valley Trail on L; stay L @ next three Y intersections (blue blazes)
LBT002
Location: 39.2596817016602, -77.283821105957
Straight @ T; after another .2 mi., L @ T onto Froggy Hollow Schoolhouse Trail. Cross Clarksburg Rd. in .5 mi.
LBT003
Location: 39.2599983215332, -77.2695083618164
Kingsley Schoolhouse (1893-1935). Cross cable bridge over Little Bennett Creek; L onto wide Purdum Trail
LBT004
Location: 39.2696113586426, -77.2646408081055
L @ T onto Browning Run Trail; pass through small grassy meadow and cross Clarksburg Rd. again
LBT005
Location: 39.2749290466309, -77.2827987670898
R @ 4-way onto Tobacco Barn Trail; cross creek. Pass namesake barn, now a warped shanty on edge of upland meadow
LBT006
Location: 39.2783203125, -77.286247253418
L @ Y onto Timber Ridge Trail. Descend into stand of tulip poplars; in .7 mi., L @ Y onto Pine Grove Trail
LBT007
Location: 39.2747383117676, -77.2957077026367
From parking lot, head NW on road. After .4 mi., L @ T onto Owl Ridge Trail; quick L @ Y, following path uphill
LBT008
Location: 39.2717933654785, -77.2988586425781
L @ T onto Bennett Ridge Trail. In .4 mi., R @ T to hilltop meadow where long-beaked woodcocks roost
LBT009
Location: 39.2633094787598, -77.2962265014648
R @ T; in .4 mi., straight @ T
LBT010
Location: 39.2603797912598, -77.2900695800781
L @ T onto Bennett Ridge Trail; quick R @ T onto Beaver Valley Trail
LBT011
Location: 39.2610092163086, -77.2882690429688
L @ Y; head NW back to trailhead