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[DismalScientist]

Donaldson Run? Or maybe Gulf Branch?

[cyclingfool]

@dasgeh 99291 wrote:

Riding along on a gorgeous fall day (Saturday), we try a new-to-us trail, when we came across a fire hydrant. Huh?

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(I promise the view facing the other direction is similar — no houses, buildings, structures, streets).

[dasgeh]

@DismalScientist 99297 wrote:

Donaldson Run? Or maybe Gulf Branch?

Donaldson Run, between Military and Vermont. It was a very nice ride.

BTW, Potomac Overlook is an amazing park, and on a bike (but not a car) you can bike all the way to the end of the road and park right in front of the Nature Center/demonstration garden/trail heads. With toddlers walking, the hike from the parking lot to the Nature Center would have probably been all they could do. I’d love to plan a Kidical ride there, but it’s SO hilly.

[chris_s]

@dasgeh 99291 wrote:

Riding along on a gorgeous fall day (Saturday), we try a new-to-us trail, when we came across a fire hydrant. Huh?

Is it on the County hydrant map? It doesn’t seem to be. It is painted to the county standard. Weird.

[dasgeh]

@chris_s 99331 wrote:

Is it on the County hydrant map? It doesn’t seem to be. It is painted to the county standard. Weird.

Fascinating. I think it is, as an “other” — there are 2 white ones marked on the Donaldson Run Trail – across the stream from the one at the very north end of Upshur St. I only noticed one along the trail…

[jnva]

In case you need to make a phone call…
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[PeteD]

Reminds me of:
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[cyclingfool]

Reminds me of:

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[Steve O]

@jnva 99734 wrote:

In case you need to make a phone call…
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Between miles 4 & 4.5 on the W&OD at the turnoff to Dominion Hills neighborhood.

I know this because I used to give directions to my house from EFC metro by telling people “Turn right at the phone.”
I don’t do that anymore. I guess i could say “Turn right at the empty phone thingy.”

[Starduster]

@dasgeh 99333 wrote:

Fascinating. I think it is, as an “other” — there are 2 white ones marked on the Donaldson Run Trail – across the stream from the one at the very north end of Upshur St. I only noticed one along the trail…

Btw, on the map, the hydrants are color-coded based on flow rate- GPM @ 20 psi.

[Oblivious Recidivist]

Taken while playing hooky from work … But where? [ATTACH]7079[/ATTACH]

[chris_s]

@Starduster 99746 wrote:

Btw, on the map, the hydrants are color-coded based on flow rate- GPM @ 20 psi.

The hydrants themselves are also color-coded.

[KLizotte]

@Oblivious Recidivist 100736 wrote:

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Beach Drive in Bethesda?

[Steve O]

@KLizotte 100747 wrote:

Beach Drive in Bethesda?

More like Kensington.

[Oblivious Recidivist]

Yep, Beach Drive in Kensington (I think of it as Garrett Park, but Kensington is probably right). Although I guess some call that area “North Bethesda” these days.

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