DC • Maryland • Virginia

The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial honors the 184 lives lost at the Pentagon and on American Airlines Flight 77. The memorial is accessible 24/7 and serves as both a starting point and destination for trail users.

From the Pentagon, the trail follows the scenic Mount Vernon Trail past the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove and along the Potomac River. This paved multi-use path offers stunning views of the Washington skyline.

The route through D.C. follows Constitution Avenue, 14th Street, Madison Drive, and 4th Street, passing the nation's most iconic monuments and museums on the way to the Anacostia River.

Cross the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge to access the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail and Tributary Trail System, providing off-road passage through Southeast D.C. toward Maryland.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park provides 184.5 miles of crushed gravel trail from Georgetown to Cumberland, MD. This historic towpath connects Washington to the Great Allegheny Passage.

Through Baltimore, the trail follows the WB&A Trail, Jones Falls Trail, and Gwynns Falls Trail, passing the Maryland Zoo and connecting the Inner Harbor to northern suburbs.

The Baltimore & Annapolis Trail and Spa Creek Trail provide access to Maryland's capital city and the Chesapeake Bay waterfront.

Continuing north from Baltimore, the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail leads through scenic countryside to Monkton, where the trail connects toward Pennsylvania.

The route passes through historic Havre de Grace on the Susquehanna River before continuing to Charlestown and Elkton near the Delaware border. Caution: The Thomas Hatem Memorial Bridge requires careful navigation.