ACLT Parkers Creek Preserve Barn to Barn Hike 10H Hike Leaders: Christina Lansford and Gerry Sneeringer The Barn to Barn barbell hike begins on the north side at the Double Oak Farm trailhead, crossing reclaimed farmland to Parkers Creek. A 3-person pulley-drawn raft (with guardrails and PFDs) ferries hikers across the creek. From there the […]

This barbell hike begins on the north side of ACLT at the Double Oak Farm barn going out to Parkers Creek Loop.  Parkers Creek is crossed on a 3-person enclosed raft attached to a pulley system. Then it's the North-South trail to the Ridge loop to the Southside barn for lunch.  We will return to […]

This is an out-and-back hike following Gulf Branch and the Potomac River using a portion of the Potomac Heritage Trail (PHT) in Arlington County, VA. Sights along the trail include wooded streams, waterfalls, rocky scarps, wild flowers, remnants of long ago industry, pretty views of the Potomac (yes, really) and Georgetown along the opposite shore. […]