Bikes are allowed on the paved part of the Northwest Branch Trail which is a little over 6 miles long. The unpaved hiker only trails are on the other side of the Branch and north of the Beltway.
The trail info page says that bikes are only permitted on 2.7 miles of the trail. Are these pictures from that, or is the page out of date? (Last updated 2008.)
We stopped at the northern-most paved point. Disallowing bikes on the remaining part looked mostly superfluous, as the trail was full of mud, large rocks and standing water.
Bikes are allowed on the paved part of the Northwest Branch Trail which is a little over 6 miles long. The unpaved hiker only trails are on the other side of the Branch and north of the Beltway.
sounds like it’s gotten longer. the map I was looking at didn’t show anything at all interesting on the paved portion