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    Dirt
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    Welcome Greenbelt. Nice to have you here!

    #925098
    Just161
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    Greenbelt – welcome. I’d love to see your route on Google maps, if you’re okay sharing. I’ve often wondered about the best way to get up to that direction by bike from downtown.

    #925100
    Greenbelt
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    Thanks. If you Google bike map “Greenbelt MD Cherrywood Lane to Washington DC” you’ll get a close approximation, though I deviate from their recommendations here and there. Note that Google bike maps has some flaws in my opinion in the Greenbelt area. Using any other start/end point than “Cherrywood Lane” in Greenbelt can get some poor results — Google sometimes directs cyclists on to Greenbelt Road (193) or Kenilworth Ave. (201), both of which are very bike hostile and easily avoided. From anywhere in Greenbelt, I think it’s generally best to use Cherrywood Lane for the west side of town (near Greenbelt Metro), cross 201 at Crescent Road (there’s a path down from Ivy Lane), use Crescent Road for Old Greenbelt area, and use the pedestrian/bike overpass to cross the BW Parkway to get to east Greenbelt, or “Greenbelt East” as we call it.

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