Anonymous
Post 03/30/2020 15:13     Subject: Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
Following!
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2020 15:11     Subject: Re:Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
Anonymous wrote:Prob not Burke Lake. We didn't go, but drove by - miles of cars parked outside the park. Entry is blocked for cars, but walkers still entering.


Good to know. I was considering driving there from alexandria but concerned about crowds.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2020 15:00     Subject: Re:Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
Prob not Burke Lake. We didn't go, but drove by - miles of cars parked outside the park. Entry is blocked for cars, but walkers still entering.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2020 13:01     Subject: Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
Anonymous wrote:You could try Claude Moore also.


Not OP, but are walking paths and parking area still open there? The colonial farm on the property closed permanently, in 2018.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 19:55     Subject: Re:Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
Go early-ish in the morning or late afternoon. We’ve had a lot of luck with empty trails at those times.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 19:28     Subject: Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
We went to several of the Seneca/Poolesville, MD C&O access points (Violet's Lock, Swain's Lock, etc) that are usually empty. Everything was packed!!!
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 16:54     Subject: Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
Well, if people post a lot about a handful of places then they will get overrun. It is safe to be outside; it is not safe if people all start jamming into the same outdoor spots though.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 16:28     Subject: Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
Anonymous wrote:I'm not giving out any of my trails. Too many people on all of them. My secret trails are staying secret.


thats the spirit!
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 13:20     Subject: Re:Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
We live by Scott’s run and they just fenced the entrance to the parking lot.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 13:00     Subject: Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
I'm not giving out any of my trails. Too many people on all of them. My secret trails are staying secret.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 11:26     Subject: Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
You could try Claude Moore also.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 11:26     Subject: Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
there’s a trail that runs from Algonkian park to River Bend. Not well marked or cleared.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 07:59     Subject: Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
You can search trails by “solitude” level here https://www.hikingupward.com/maps/full_map.asp
I worry that every trail everywhere is overrun now.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 07:42     Subject: Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
Great falls Maryland side is now closed.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 07:39     Subject: Good off-beat trails to take the kids today
We live in Herndon. We’ve done the bike trails and Great Falls, Riverbend.
Any less populated areas you’d recommend?