Rock Creek Park’s TRACK trail is located along Rock Creek between Broad Branch Road and Porter Street, NW. The trail is 0.9 miles long, a 1.8 mile round-trip. Along the way you will encounter bridges, wayside exhibits, plants, animals, and the historic Peirce Mill.
Rock Creek Park’s TRACK trail is located along Rock Creek between Broad Branch Road and Porter Street, NW. The trail is 0.9 miles long, a 1.8 mile round-trip. Along the way you will encounter bridges, wayside exhibits, plants, animals, and the historic Peirce Mill.
Rock Creek Park was founded in 1890 as one of the first federal parks. Its establishing legislation, cites the area's natural beauty and high public value. When the park was established, it was on the edge of the growing city and was already a favorite area for rural re-treat. In the establishing legislation, Rock Creek Park was 'dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States." The park would "provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, animals, or curiosities within said park, and their retention in their natural condition, as nearly as possible."
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Longitude: -77.050396600000
Rock Creek Park Track Trail Access
The Rock Creek Park Track Trail is located parallel to Beach Drive between Broad Branch Road NW and Porter Street NW. Refer to a park map.
Directions to the North Trailhead:
The north end of the trail is accessed from the Picnic Grove 2 West parking lot off of Broad Branch Road NW and Beach Drive NW.
Directions to the South Trailhead:
The south end of the trail can be accessed by Metro Bus H 2, H 3, and H 4. No parking is available at this location. The trail head is on the paved path along Rock Creek off of Porter Street NW. The trail is under the Porter Street Bridge, near the paths foot bridge. The trail head is approximately 1000 yards from the Porter Street bus stops.
Partners
The TRACK Trail program is sponsored by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation.
The Rock Creek Park TRACK trail was made possible by a partnership between the National Park Service and the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation's Kids in Parks program. This project was financed in part by the National Park Service’s CONNECT TRAILS TO PARKS program, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System in 2018.