The Mount Vernon Trail follows the Virginia bank of the Potomac with views across to the monuments of Washington, DC. From Theodore Roosevelt Island it passes Gravelly Point, where planes skim overhead into Reagan National Airport, then runs through Old Town Alexandria and along the river to Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate.
The trail is popular and narrow in places, with some boardwalk sections that are slippery when wet, so ride with care, especially at weekends.
Turn-by-turn directions
Mount Vernon Trail1.9 mi0.0 mi
Bear right onto Mount Vernon Trail0.2 mi1.9 mi
Bear left onto Mount Vernon Trail0.9 mi2.1 mi
Turn left110 yd3.0 mi- Turn left110 yd3.1 mi
Turn right0.1 mi3.2 mi- Turn right110 yd3.3 mi
- Turn left onto Mount Vernon Trail1.8 mi3.3 mi
- Bear left onto Four Mile Run Trail0.2 mi5.1 mi
Sharp left40 yd5.3 mi
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- Sharp left50 yd5.3 mi
- Turn right onto Potomac Yard Trail0.1 mi5.4 mi
- Turn left onto Potomac Yard Trail0.6 mi5.5 mi
- Bear right onto Potomac Yard Trail0.6 mi6.1 mi
- Bear left onto Potomac Yard Trail0.8 mi6.8 mi
- Turn left onto East Braddock Road120 yd7.5 mi
- Continue straight onto Braddock-King Trail0.3 mi7.6 mi
- Turn right onto Buchanan Street170 yd7.9 mi
- Turn right onto Cameron Street0.1 mi8.0 mi
- Turn right onto King Street, VA 70.1 mi8.2 mi
- Turn left onto Callahan Drive10 yd8.3 mi
- Turn left30 yd8.3 mi
- Bear right onto King Street, VA 70.1 mi8.3 mi
- Turn right onto Daingerfield Road0.1 mi8.4 mi
- Turn left onto Prince Street0.6 mi8.5 mi
- Turn right onto South Columbus Street0.6 mi9.1 mi
- Turn left onto Church Street110 yd9.8 mi
- Turn right onto South Washington Street, VA 4000.1 mi9.8 mi
- Turn right0.6 mi9.9 mi
- Turn right0.2 mi10.6 mi
- Turn right onto Huntington Avenue0.1 mi10.7 mi
- Turn left0.2 mi10.9 mi
- Turn right onto Mount Eagle Drive0.2 mi11.1 mi
- Turn left150 yd11.3 mi
- Turn left50 yd11.4 mi
- Turn left70 yd11.4 mi
- Turn left60 yd11.4 mi
- Turn right50 yd11.5 mi
- Turn left onto Mount Eagle Drive0.2 mi11.5 mi
- Turn left onto Mount Eagle Drive10 yd11.7 mi
- Turn right onto US 1, Richmond Highway0.1 mi11.7 mi
- Turn left onto Quander Road, SR 6301.7 mi11.8 mi
- Turn right onto Fort Hunt Road, SR 629120 yd13.5 mi
- Turn left onto Westgrove Boulevard110 yd13.6 mi
- Turn right onto Marlan Drive0.3 mi13.6 mi
- Turn left onto Marine Drive40 yd13.9 mi
- Turn right onto Villamay Boulevard0.2 mi13.9 mi
- Turn right onto Admiral Drive0.3 mi14.2 mi
- Turn left onto Belle Vista Drive150 yd14.4 mi
- Turn right onto Park Terrace Drive0.6 mi14.5 mi
- Turn left onto Alexandria Avenue90 yd15.1 mi
- Turn right onto Mount Vernon Trail2.5 mi15.2 mi
- Bear right onto Mount Vernon Trail10 yd17.6 mi
- Bear left onto Fort Hunt Road90 yd17.6 mi
- Bear left onto Mount Vernon Trail2.8 mi17.7 mi
- Turn left0.1 mi20.5 mi
- Turn right0.3 mi20.6 mi
