Perfect place to see the cherry blossoms without any tourists (besides me!)…read more Lovely park recommended by a local bookstore owner. Basically if you want to be left alone while still getting a quiet, uninterrupted view of the famous DC cherry trees, this is the place to be! Lots of benches, doggies playing fetch and the perfect light breeze to rain down cherry blossom petals every now and then. Idyllic really. And ten times better than heading to the national mall and watching people just be weird with their selfies haha. I promise I was not one of those people!

I walked this park for over a decade going to Peabody and…read moreStuart schools. Be careful crossing the confusing streets. The play- ground in west section is separated from the east section popular with dog owners. The National Park Service operates strict leash policy and poop rules. Cherry blossoms and Obama townhouse are legendary. Impeachment politics prevented Edwin Stanton from getting a statue. Instead General Greene points way to Capitol. My favorite example of L'Enfant's DC plan to include buildings, parks and street views.

I love this park for walking on trails. Tucked away in the Palisades, the entrance is rather dodgy,…read morewith a rutted gravel road leading to a parking lot at the bottom of a hill. The park is austere, with only a few picnic tables. It's a great place to find peace and quiet. It's also a prime dog walking location for he neighborhood. At 5pm it feels like the park is completely overrun with dog walkers. This is a National Park Service Park. So it's kept up pretty well but doesn't have anything fancy. For me it's a great place for a nature walk or rolling around on the grassy hills.

This is a smaller park to the west of Glover Archibald park. It's long and narrow in shape and has…read morea couple of trail paths - one lower along a creek (a small section of it has some big rocks) - and one higher with a slight bit of elevation. Mostly quite green with not very tall trees. People in the neighborhood who walk their dogs there tend to have them off leash. End to end from MacArthur Blvd to Nebraska Ave is 1.3 miles. Can get quite noisy with the sound of planes overhead coming and going from National Airport.

Latrobe Park is a broad rather-hidden park with a field-sports field (football, soccer, lacrosse,…read moreetc), two basketball courts, three tennis courts, a volleyball court, and several treed and open spaces. I think the next-door baseball diamonds and soccer field are connected to the Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School. At least weekly, we spend a morning or afternoon at the semi-shaded younger-kids' playground. There's a curly slide, a many-featured climber-acrobatic structure, a sea serpent climber set, swings, a seesaw, a spinning saucer-seat, and other stuff i dont quite know names for.

A small park located in south Baltimore. There are some good treats located around that you can…read moregrab and take a short walk around the premises. The park doesn't have a ton of green space, but it has many athletic set ups, including volleyball, tennis courts, and soccer fields. It also has a playground with swings for the kiddos. It's surely a more lowkey option for a picnic. There are also doggies bags and trash cans to promote clean up after your pets.

*disclaimer* Address…read morelisted for this park is not the "parking lot" I used for my review. Additional info below." *end dislclaimer* While I have been to Blockhouse Point Park previously, it had been a number of years. This past weekend I decide to take the trip with my gf and our dog. The actual place in which we parked was about half a mile further (than the address listed for this park) on the left. There is space for about 6 cars, and the large lot, about 25 cars. The trail which we took was the Blockhouse Trail. It was quite easy with only a little bit of incline/decline throughout. Signs clearly mark the trail, which is about 2.5-3 miles round trip. Various other trails intersect and a short detour can be taken. The blockhouse trail leads to two awesome Potomac river overlooks. It was summer, so obviously there are lots of leaves on the trees. Even so, the views were spectacular. You are right above the Canal and have a nice view of VA and the river. If you are looking for something fun for a few hours that is off the beaten track and has great scenic views, this is the place for you.

Blockhouse Point Park is a large park in Potomac, Maryland. There's a small parking lot with signs…read morethat explain its connection to the Civil War. Nearby are trails through the forest, some that lead to hills. There's also a wide dirt path that leads straight to the C&O Canal (without a place to cross to the actual trail).

Beautiful flat dirt trail that feels serene and secluded and only a stone's throw away from the…read morebustling city! Our dog enjoyed the trail and we passed lots of dog walkers along the way (there aren't waste disposal bins though!). There's a lot less foot traffic on this lesser known trail than Rock Creek Park (intersects with the Western Trail). The full trail starting from Cathedral Heights on Massachusetts Avenue to Foundry Branch Valley Park in Georgetown is around 5 miles. The trail is shaded with a canopy of pine trees and a nice creek. We walked over a log and saw a family of white tail deer at dusk. As you inch closer to Georgetown, the trail is overgrown, look out for poison ivy and bring bug spray! The trail has many entrances as we entered mid-way through the Glover Park Community Gardens on New Mexico Ave and 42nd Street. We spent about an hour leisurely walking 2.5 miles and landed at Georgetown Athletics Center, it was too dark to walk through Foundry Park. We walked 1/2 a mile down Canal Road past the Key Bridge to M Street. Wonderful underdog local trail that gets overlooked for the more popular Rock Creek Park. Great for fall foliage and furry friends!

Definitely drive with caution up to the parking lot because there are tons of pedestrians and…read morebicyclists along the side of the road and they don't always move over, so better safe than sorry. The parking lot is small and difficult to navigate and people always have to u turn to exit, so when entering this lot please try to stay to one side to let other people get out. The trails are a little confusingly marked but I just followed the instructions on Peninsula Open Space Trust's website for a nice little lollipop route of 3.5 miles. You can see some horses and birds and nice wildflowers, and during our visit, we saw a rattlesnake. Definitely keep your distance from the wildlife.

I'm fairly sure that I have not explored this whole trail yet, but the portion of it that I have…read moreexplored was kind of wonderful. I really enjoy being out and being able to feel the breeze. On a hot day, walking in and out of the shadows of the trees was a welcomed treat as the hot breeze flowed by. The way the trail is set up is quite nice, wide, and enjoyable. I'm not sure where this trail actually starts and ends, but I feel like that segment that I walked would equate to an overall enjoyable trek to explore. I mean it doesn't hurt that it is near the water, and goes through some area where you can see a lot of things. It can come off as an open air museum as well with all the historic marks around it and memorials along the way. It's a good place to take your mind off things and let yourself disassociate.

We were pleasantly surprised by this greenway. The walkway is narrow and better suited for small…read moregroups and cyclists. There are several dangerous blind areas, and I wish the cyclists announced themselves more often. We'd still visit again.

love this trail for running, and also for biking into DC from Bethesda! it's almost entirely…read moreshaded, so great option for hot sunny days. there is a good amount of downhill in this direction, so keep that in mind if running / hiking (will be mostly uphill on your way back to Bethesda). tip: you can rent one of the red Capital Bikeshare bikes in Bethesda and return it at one of the many stations throughout DC, if you would rather metro or uber back!

I took a walk along the capital crescent trail recently and it was so beautiful. It's situated in…read moreGeorgetown along the water, and the views were calming and beautiful to observe while walking. I did find the bikers on the path to be entitled and a bit aggressive, so if you're walking, keep that in mind, but this does not reflect on the trail itself at all. There are numerous places to get a bite to eat or drink after your walk, so make sure you check around.

This is a small circle park. Part of the Worthy Ambition heritage trail. They have nice benches to…read moresit in the shade and it's well landscaped. It brings a tranquil beauty to an already beautiful neighborhood.