Potomac Tour - 10.2 MilesPage 1 of 1
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Mile TurnLeg Description
0.0 Pass 0.0 Theodore Roosevelt Island parking area, heading north toward overpass.
0.2 Cross Over 0.2 George Washington Parkway using pedestrian overpass
0.3 Right 0.1 North Lynn Street at - Cross Over Key Bridge
0.7 Right 0.4 at end of Key Bridge onto recreation path through park
0.7 Right 0.0 Cross footbridge over C&O canal (caution STEPS)
0.7 Left 0.0 180° turn after footbridge, onto dirt path along canal. (Heading away from Key Bridge)
0.8 Right 0.1 33rd Street (unmarked), down steep hill. (caution at bottom)
0.8 Left 0.0 Water Street at . (Underneath Whitehurst Freeway).
1.1 Straight 0.3 Through 4-Way at Wisconsin Ave. Becomes K Street
1.3 Bear Right 0.2 Using Tunnel-Like Side Street toward Rock Creek Pkwy. (Do NOT follow K Street up the hill)
1.4 Right 0.1 onto Rock Creek Recreation Path, following Parkway.
2.1 Left 0.7 Using crosswalk, immediately after underpass and circle, at corner of Ohio Drive and Rock Creek Parkway. Continue on path through volleyball area.
Mile TurnLeg Description
2.4 Cross Under 0.3 Memorial Bridge at Lincoln Memorial
2.5 Bear Right 0.1 onto Ohio Drive at
3.3 Cross Over 0.8 Hump Bridge, near Jefferson Memorial.
3.3 Bear Right 0.0 follow Ohio Drive under 14th Street Bridges
3.9 Left 0.6 Buckeye Drive at "Do Not Enter" sign
4.2 Right 0.3 Ohio Drive
5.7 Pass 1.5 Hains Point and "Awakening Man" Statue
7.4 Bear Right 1.7 Prior to Hump Bridge, heading toward Jefferson Memorial
7.6 Right 0.2 180° turn onto Recreation Path along 14th Street, heading up hill
7.7 Cross Over 0.1 Potomac River on 14th Street Bridge
8.1 Bear Right 0.4 Follow Path down hill
8.2 Right 0.1 at - Optionally, turn left for 1.8 mile round trip visit to National Airport Overlook
8.3 Cross Over 0.1 Hump Bridge (caution NARROW PATH)
9.3 Cross Under 1.0 Memorial Bridge (caution NARROW PATH)
9.8 Cross Under 0.5 Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
10.0 Bear Right 0.2 at
10.2  0.2 End of Route

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