@JimK 89084 wrote:
I’ve never ridden on the Holmes Run Trail. What is the best way to connect to it via the W&OD?
There isn’t a direct connection to the trail from the W&OD. In a post (since deleted) yesterday, I had noted that I was traveling westbound on the W&OD and had seen construction equipment on the Holmes Run Trail, that actually was the Four Mile Run Trail at Columbia Pike. The Holmes Run Trail runs from Columbia Pike at Lake Barcroft to Eisenhower Avenue by the Alexandria Animal Shelter. A portion of the trail from Columbia Pike to near Chambliss is in Fairfax County and the rest of the trail is in Alexandria.
Since the Fairfax portion of the trail is currently closed, you could take the following route. This route does involve some climbing.
1. While on the W&OD, head to South Walter Reed Drive.
2. Turn south onto South Walter Reed Drive. There is bike path on the west side of the road that you can pickup just past Arlington Mill Road. The pike path ends at King Street.
3. Cross King Street, The bike path ends here. The road becomes Beauregard Street.
4. Turn right onto East Campus Drive. This is the NVCC Alexandria campus
5. Turn left onto Dawes Avenue
6. Cross Seminary Avenue and continue on Dawes
7. Turn left onto North Stevens Street
8. Turn right onto North Chambliss Street
9. North Chambliss dead ends into a bike trail
10. Follow the bike trail to the bottom where you will pickup North Chambliss again.
11. Turn left onto the Holmes Run Trail and follow it to Eisenhower Avenue. (Note: there are two fair weather crossings on this stretch.)
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