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• Bike Ride - Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens - July 13th

  • When
    Sunday, July 13, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Bladensburg Waterfront Park
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  Email the LEADER:  Hope Eliot

  Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

  9AM Sunday 7/13

  

  This ride starts at Bladensburg Waterfront Park, then heads north on Anacostia Northeast Branch Trail, passing the historic College Park Airport, to Lake Artemesia, and around the small lake.  We then go west on Piney Branch Trail a very short distance, then turn south on the Trolley Trail.  Due to recent extensive improvements, the Trolley Trail now connects directly back into the Anacostia Tributary Trail System, and we return to Bladensburg Waterfront Park.  From the Waterfront Park, those who wish may bicycle 2.4 miles south on the Anacostia River Trail to Kenilworth Gardens, where lotus and lilies are in full bloom.  There are bathrooms and shaded picnic tables at  Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, so riders can bring a picnic lunch if they wish, and wander and enjoy the lilies as long as they wish.  It is then a 2.4 mile ride on the Anacostia River Trail back to Bladensburg Waterfront Park. where cars are parked.

  There is plenty of parking at Bladensburg Waterfront Park, and there are bathroom facilities at Bladensburg Waterfront, at Lake Artemesia and at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

  

  MEETING  LOCATION

  Bladensburg Waterfront Park  
  

  Annapolis Road, Bladensburg, MD

  Click here for directions
  

  *There is plenty of parking and restrooms are available

  
  

  RIDE START TIME:  9:00AM - please arrive at least 15 min. early to use the restroom, pump your tires, etc. 

  DISTANCE: Approx. 15 miles

  SPEED: 10-12 mph

  TERRAIN:  Trail/Street/Some Hills

  DIFFICULTY LEVEL:  Easy 

  
  

  WHAT TO BRING:  Plenty of water, snacks, sunscreen, spare inner tube, bike lock Helmets are mandatory on every ride!  

  
  

  Please ensure that your bike is in good working condition & your tires are properly inflated! 

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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• Bike Ride - South Arlington to Vienna - July 20th

  • When
    Sunday, July 20, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    826 N. George Mason Drive, Arlington VA 22205
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  Email the Leader: Linda
  

  South Arlington to Vienna, Virginia

  Four Mile Run & WO&D Trails

  
  

  This week's ride is an out-and-back ride from South Arlington to Vienna, VA.  We'll park at Barcroft Park Community Center.    We'll cross over Four Mile run creek to the. Bike trail and then ride Four Mile run and the WO&D trail to the Whole Foods in Vienna. At Whole Foods we'll rest at their picnic tables and use their restrooms. We'll then loop back to Barcroft Park for a total of 21.5 miles.  Afterward we'll head to Shirlington village (1 mile away) for lunch.    

  
  

  
  

  MEETING LOCATION

  Barcroft Park 

  4200 S. Four Mile Run Drive,  Arlington, VA

  
  

  RIDE START TIME
  10:00AM - please arrive at least 15 minutes early to use the restroom, put air in your tires, etc. 
  
  DISTANCE: 
  21.5 Miles
  
  TERRAIN:  
  Paved Asphalt Bike Trail

  
  WHAT TO BRING

  Water, Snack, Sunscreen, Cash, Phone, Spare Inner Tube and CO2  Cartridge, Bike Lock 

  
  

  Please ensure that your bike is in good working condition and that your tires are properly inflated!  *Helmets are Required on all rides

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Bike Ride - C&O Canal - Fletchers to Great Falls Roundtrip - July 27th

  • When
    Sunday, July 27, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Fletcher Cove Parking Lot, 4940 Canal Rd NW, Washington, DC 20016
  • Spaces left
    9
  • Registered
    3 registrants

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  Email the leader: Morton
  

  C&O Canal

  Fletchers to great Falls

  

  The Beautiful C&O Canal!

  This ride starts on the C&O Canal at Fletcher's Boat House and continues on the C&O up to Great Falls (about 12 miles).  There's beautiful scenery as we approach Great Falls, and we always see some kind of wildlife along the canal.  We'll stop at Great Falls Park for a bathroom break, snack, and water, then head back the way we came along the towpath about six miles to Lock 8 where we'll walk our bikes on a dirt path to residential streets that will take us to Fish Taco - Cabin John on MacArthur Blvd.  After lunch, we'll bike back the remaining six miles to Fletcher's.  For the C&O you will need a hybrid, gravel, mountain bike or road bike with tires 28mm or larger (depending on your tolerance for roots, rocks, etc.).  32mm tires or larger are recommended.  

  Bringing a spare tire tube is highly recommended for the C&O.  A patch kit is a really good idea as well.

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  DISTANCE: 24 Miles (about)

  MEETING LOCATION: Fletchers Cove Parking Lot

  4940 Canal Rd NW, Washington, DC 20016. 

  
  

  RIDE START TIME
  10:00AM - please arrive at least 15 minutes early. 
  
  DISTANCE: 
  24 Miles (about)

  
  

  SPEED: approximately 10-12 mph

  
  

  TERRAIN:  
  The C&O is basically flat but there is a .7 mile detour at milepost 11 onto MacArthur Blvd.  May be some hill there.
  
  WHAT TO BRING

  Water, Snack, Sunscreen, Cash, Phone, Spare Inner Tube and CO2  Cartridge, Bike Lock 

  *Helmets are Required on all rides

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

  
  

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• Bike Ride - Vienna to Herndon on the WO&D Trail - Aug. 3rd

  • When
    Sunday, August 03, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Vienna Community Center, Vienna VA
  • Spaces left
    15
  • Registered
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  Email the LEADER: Karen

  W&OD Trail

  Vienna to Herndon

  
  

  Sunday, August 3rd @ 10am 

  
  

  Join Karen for a bike ride on the WO&D Trail.  Park at the Vienna Community Center for introductions and to go over the ride plan.  Ride toward Herndon for one hour or ten miles (whichever comes first), then we'll loop back.  Herndon Station (see pic above), is 8.8 miles.

  Lunch will be at the Bear Branch Tavern in. Vienna, which is on the trail, across from the Whole Food Market (see map below).   

  RIDE START TIME:  10:00 AM - Please be ready to roll on time 
  

  
  

  DISTANCE: 16 - 20 miles

  SPEED: 10-12 mph

  
  

  TERRAIN:  Paved Trail - mostly flat with one moderate incline

  
  

  WHAT TO BRING:  Water, snacks, inner tube, bike lock, cash  
  

  
  

  Please ensure that your bike is in good working condition and that your tires are properly inflated ~ Helmets are required on all rides!

  
  

  
  

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• Bike Ride - Sligo Creek

  • When
    Sunday, August 17, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    David Driskell Park Community Center, 3911 Hamilton Street, Hyattsville, MD
  • Registered
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  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! 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Bike Ride - Jones Point Park Alexandria, VA to Mt. Vernon - Aug. 24th

  • When
    Sunday, August 24, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Jones Point Park, Jones Point Drive Alexandria Va
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Email the leader: Morton

  Jones Point to Mt. Vernon

  
  

  This ride will start at Jones Point Park in Alexandria, VA (under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge - see picture above).  We will ride south to George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate (9.5 miles) on the Mt. Vernon Trail.   At Mt. Vernon we'll stop for a snack/water/bathroom break and then return to Jones Point the same way we came.

  
  

  For those that want to have lunch, we'll continue an additional .6 miles to  Old Town Alexandria’s Fish Market Restaurant.  

  *MEETING LOCATION
  

  Jones Point Park 
  Jones Point Drive 
  Alexandria, VA 22314

  We'll meet by the public bathrooms.
  
  RIDE START TIME:  10:00AM - please arrive at least 15 min. early

   

  DISTANCE: 20 miles

  
  

  SPEED: 10-12 mph

   

  TERRAIN:  

  Asphalt Paved Trail

  Tiny bit of road riding - in Old Town to get to lunch

   

  DIFFICULTY LEVEL:   

  Intermediate due to the distance and some hills 

  
  

  SUGGESTED ITEMS TO BRING 

  Water, Snack, Sunscreen, Cash/Card, Phone, Spare Inner Tube and CO2  Cartridge or pump, Bike Lock 

  
  

  Please ensure that your bike is in good working condition and your tires are properly inflated!  Helmets are Required on all rides!

  
  

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• Bike Event - September 6th - DC Bike Ride!

  • When
    Saturday, September 06, 2025
  •  
    7:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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  SATURDAY September 6th

  Join us for the DC Bike Ride!

    
  

  Leader: Morton is inviting anyone willing to signup and pay the fee to join him for the annual DC Bike Ride.  Click on the link dcbikeride.com link below for more information and to register and pay for the ride.  

  A 20-mile ride brings first-timers, casual bike riders, and avid cyclists from near and far together to foster a strong sense of community, encourage a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, and celebrate our city in a way only bicycles can support.
  

  Note:  The $80 fee expires on 7/14.  It goes up to $90 then 95 after that. 

  Register also for this event on the SCWDC site so the group will know to look for you and make meetup plans that day.  

  Link to Register: https://dcbikeride.com/.

  Join in making bicycling safe, inclusive, and fun for all!

  Proceeds leave a meaningful impact on our community by sharing them with important local nonprofit initiatives.

  
  

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• "Road Scholar Eastern Shore of Virginia Bike Trip

  • Start
    Tuesday, September 16, 2025
  •  
    9:00 PM
  • End
    Friday, September 19, 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia
  • Spaces left
    0
  • Registered
    13 registrants

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  An exclusive learning adventure for scwdc members -   biking the assateague national seashore and the Chincoteague national wildlife preserve 

  NOW SOLD OUT!

  Program Highlights:

  Ride the well kept biking paths of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague National Seashore and Eastern Shore Peninsula and learn about the area’s Saltwater Cowboys and wild ponies; visit Ker Place, a 200-year-old home built in the Federal style and visit the Wallops Island Navy and NASA facility to learn about dune ecology at a deserted and pristine beach restricted to the public.

  Trip Leader: Sylvia Harris cell #: (703) 307-7865

  Program Prices:

  ●  Accommodation Double Occupancy with RS bike rental:       $1,149

  ●  Accommodation Single Occupancy with RS bike rental:         $1,289

  ●  Accommodation Double Occupancy – bring your own bike:  $1,049

  ●  Accommodation Single Occupancy – bring your own bike:    $1,189

  NOTE: All RS bike rentals are hybrids with an angle bar. If you want to rent a step thru or other type of bike, contact a local bike rental place but you have to pick up and drop off the bike at the rental place. Click on the RS link below for information on bike shops with bike rentals.

  Registration: This trip is limited to 13 people. To enroll by phone, call RS at 1-800-322-5315 referencing program #18032 Bicycling the Eastern Shore of VA exclusively for the Ski & Sports Club of Wash, DC. To enroll online, click the RS link below by scrolling down to the 9/16/2025 start date, private departure for our club and enter program code #18032, then press the RED GO button and follow the prompts to enroll. A $100 deposit is required by January 15, 2025 at enrollment and is not refundable unless you get someone to take your place. Final payment is due by July 17, 2025.

  https://www.roadscholar.org/find-an-adventure/18032/Bicycling-the-Eastern-Shore-of-Virginia/dates/

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• Bike Ride - The Zoo Review - Sep 21st

  • When
    Sunday, September 21, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Fletcher Cove Parking Lot, 4940 Canal Rd NW, Washington, DC 20016
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Email the Leader: Linda
  

  The Zoo Review!

  This ride starts on the Capital Crest trail and goes through a Bethesda/Chevy Chase neighborhood for 2 miles to pick up Beach Drive.  Beach Drive is closed on weekends to thru traffic.   Park traffic is allowed on some of the segments, but they go slow and there are not many cars.  Back side of the loop goes by Pierce Mill and the Smithsonian National Zoo on Rock Creek Bike Trail and thru Georgetown’s Waterfront where we pick up the Capitol Crest trail to return to Fletchers.  

  We’ll stop at the Georgetown Waterfront for lunch at Guapo's Mexican restaurant then peddle the 3 miles back to Fletchers.  For those who don’t want lunch - you can park in Georgetown and meet us at Fletchers OR do the 3 miles on your own (head down Water Street on the Capitol Crest Trail to Fletchers Cove).  19.55 miles.

  
  

  MEETING LOCATION
  

  Fletchers Cove Parking Lot

  4940 Canal Rd NW, Washington, DC 20016. 
  

  
  

  RIDE START TIME
  10:00AM - please arrive at least 15 minutes early. 
  
  DISTANCE: 
  19.5 Miles
  
  TERRAIN:  
  Trail/Street/Some Hills
  
  WHAT TO BRING

  Water, Snack, Sunscreen, Cash, Phone, Spare Inner Tube and CO2  Cartridge, Bike Lock 

  *Helmets are Required on all rides

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

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• Bike Ride - Columbia Island Marina to Rock Creek Picnic #7 - Sep. 28th

  • When
    Sunday, September 28, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Columbia Island Marina
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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   EMAIL the LEADER: Linda

  Columbia Island Marina to

  Rock Creek Picnic Area #7 

  
  

  
  

  We'll do an out-and-back beginning at Columbia Island Marina and ending at Rock Creek Park Picnic Area #7.  The Mount Vernon Trail will take us to Memorial Bridge where we'll cross into DC and head up the Rock Creek Trail.  We will pass the Smithsonian National Zoo and head onto Beach Drive which is closed on the weekend so there is plenty of room to spread out!   Once we get to picnic area #7, we'll take a water break (bring a light snack if you want one) then head back.  After the ride, let's have lunch at Island Time Bar and Grill  at the marina. 
  

  Register Here:  https://scwdc.wildapricot.org/event-5848898/Registration

  MEETING  LOCATION
  Columbia Island Marina
  George Washington Memorial Pkwy
   Arlington, VA 22202
  *We meet in the parking lot in front of the bathrooms

  RIDE START TIME:  10:00AM - please arrive at least 15 min. early to use the restroom, pump your tires, etc. 

  DISTANCE: Approx. 20 miles

  TERRAIN:  Almost all paved Trail/Some Hills

  DIFFICULTY LEVEL:  Intermediate 

  WHAT TO BRING:  Water, snacks, sunscreen, spare inner tube, bike lock 

  Helmets are mandatory on every ride - no exceptions!  
  
  Please ensure that your bike is in good working condition & your tires are properly inflated!

  
  

  
  

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