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Capital Crescent/Rock Creek Loop  
by cbyerley

The way points of this bicycle route:

D.C.

under bridge go left

Capital Crescent Trail

slow

Maryland

water

Bethesda, MD

Tunnel

gravel for next few miles (ok for roadbikes)

Chevy Chase, MD

big bike store

weird intersection

scenic bridge

Under the bridge will be the Rock Creek path

Around here there is a tiny dirt path that can be taken into the parking lot, or..

..on the right (160degree angle) should be another gravel path

right into parking lot (originally I cut through this to the path)

Rock Creek Path

speeed

stay left

stay left

go through gate (no cars just bikes)

Washington DC

At this point you can either stay straight on Beach Dr.(more flat), or opt to take Ross Dr./Ridge Rd (more hilly) to complete the loop

Left/straight

speeed

left

go right towards parking lot/park

path

stay left on path

Zoo

bridge

look left

look left

cross

watch right

the loop is made at this point I would hop on the road, maybe

maybe try a different way back

left on crosswalk to sidewalk

hang a left around here

check out the memorial

go right towards nearest crosswalk

hop on road

might be safer to hop on sidewalk

I actually went on the one-way road here, but I think that's illegal

hop on path

George Mason Memorial

That's a good 2 and a half hours of riding right there boyhowdy

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