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Rock Creek Park – Klingle Road Wooden Bridge loop from Rock Creek Park

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Rock Creek Park – Klingle Road Wooden Bridge loop from Rock Creek Park

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(6736)

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Rock Creek Park – Klingle Road Wooden Bridge loop from Rock Creek Park

01:58

32.7km

250m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 24, 2026

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Rock Creek Park

Rock Creek Stream Valley Park

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2.20 km

Meadowbrook Stables

Highlight • Structure

Established in 1934, Meadowbrook Stables is a historic horseback riding school located along the Rock Creek Trail. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the grounds during summer hours, except for when the stables are closed on Sundays. For safety, only riders and staff may access the barn. Guests can greet horses in the outdoor stalls and enjoy the picnic area.

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9.54 km

View of the LDS temple

Highlight • Viewpoint

Good views can be had along this section of the Rock Creek Trail. The main entrance is off Stoneybrook Drive.

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17.5 km

Rock Creek Park

Highlight • Forest

Rock Creek Park, spanning 1,754 acres, is a natural escape from city life, offering trails, wildlife, and historic landmarks. Founded by Congress in 1890, this national park features not only natural beauty but also family-friendly activities. Visitors can explore its flat paved trails, visit the Smithsonian National Zoo, or learn about history at the 19th-century Peirce Mill. Families can enjoy the Nature Center, and Discovery Room. The park also hosts stargazing at its planetarium, guided ranger walks, picnic spots, and opportunities to visit historic sites like Fort Stevens, where Lincoln stood during the Civil War.

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20.2 km

Herring Highway

Highlight • Structure

This may look like a natural arrangement of rocks, but it is really a feat of engineering. Rocks are precisely placed to build a series of boulder step pools that raise the water level making it possible for fish to swim over an active sewer line. Migrating Blueback herring, Alewife and other fish can once again swim upstream to spawn as their ancestors did thousands of years ago. These pools are part of a larger project that restores the "Herring Highway".

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20.4 km

Boulder Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

A beautiful stone bridge with an arch. The construction is completely different from the pedestrian bridges around it.

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21.7 km

Peirce Mill

Highlight • Monument

Peirce Mill, built in 1829 by Isaac Peirce on Rock Creek, once used water to power this mill that processed corn, wheat, and rye until its turbine shaft broke in 1897. Situated on a 960-acre plantation operated with slave labor, the mill became part of Rock Creek Park in 1890 through an Act of Congress. By the early 1900s, park managers enhanced the site with roads, bridges, and a dam. The New Deal legislation gave Rock Creek Park to the National Park Service in 1933, and the mill was restored. Today, visitors can explore the site, which includes parking, a visitor center, bathrooms, and a picnic area, as part of Rock Creek Park’s year-round attractions.

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22.9 km

Klingle Road Wooden Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The cycle path meanders along the river and so some bridges are necessary. The variety is surprising, no two seem alike. This one is simply made of wood.

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32.0 km

Western Woods Bike Path, Rock Creek Park

Highlight • Cycleway

Beautiful woodsy ride. Be ready for shifting gears!

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32.7 km

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Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.4 km

8.42 km

2.69 km

2.22 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

27.2 km

5.41 km

131 m

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Rock Creek Park – Klingle Road Wooden Bridge loop from Rock Creek Park

Meadowbrook Stables

View of the LDS temple

Rock Creek Park

Herring Highway

Boulder Bridge

Peirce Mill

Klingle Road Wooden Bridge

Western Woods Bike Path, Rock Creek Park

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