LEADER:  Hope Eliot

Sligo Creek Trail Ride

DESCRIPTION:   

Starting point:  David Driskell Park Community Center, 3911 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville, MD  (Plenty of parking and a bathroom available.)

From Driskell Park we will get on Anacostia Northwest Branch Trail for a mile and a half, then turn on to the Sligo Creek trail and follow it north and west for about ten miles to Wheaton Regional Park.  There we will dismount and LOCK our bicycles to go into Brookside Gardens.  A ten minute walk through the garden will bring us to the visitors center for a water break, then walk back along landscaped trails to our bicycles. Sligo Creek Trail is beautiful and shaded, through woods, following the creek.  Returning via Sligo Creek Trail we will be able to take portions of Sligo Creek Parkway which are closed to automobile traffic on the weekends, a lovely way to coast back to Driskell Park.

After returning to Driskell Park, those who would like to can go a block and a half to my house where I will have drinks and sandwiches for everyone! (Hope's house:  4000 Ingraham Street, Hyattsville, MD) Hope's phone: 772-631-2622.

This trip is 24 miles long, and with the stop at Brookside Gardens it will take about three hours.

DISTANCE: 

24 Miles 

SPEED:  10 to 12 miles per hour.

MEETING  LOCATION:
David Driskell Park Community Center, 3911 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville, MD

 (Plenty of parking and a bathroom available.)

RIDE START TIME:

10:00AM - please arrive at least 15 min. early

TERRAIN:  

Asphalt Paved Trail

SUGGESTED ITEMS TO BRING: 

Water, Snack, Sunscreen, Cash, Phone, Spare Inner Tube, Bike Lock 

Please ensure that your bike is in good working condition and your tires are properly inflated.  

Helmets are required on all rides!