This “1st Saturday of the Month” Appalachian Trail hike for HAM Has-beens and Wannabes offers an out-and-back, self-paced hike targeting a moving pace average (MPA) approaching 3.0 mph or better over 15 to 20+ miles. The hike has intermediate “distance/ascent” targets, so you can both track how far/fast you have walked and test/develop your pace […]

Starting from the Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, we will briefly stop to see the spring flowers, then take the Northwest Branch Trail along the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River, returning on the Copperhead Run to the Fall Line Trail for lunch and then the Rachel Carson Greenway Trail, where she wrote Silent Spring. Elevation […]

Wooded and paved trails, beautiful manicured gardens (including Aquatic Garden, Butterfly Garden, Rose Garden, Japanese Style Garden with cherry blossoms, and sculptures) and a nice pond and natural area in the Park. Flexible hike if you want fewer miles. We will meet at the entrance to the Brookside Gardens Visitors Center (restrooms available). (Also an […]