Riverbend Park
Photo: Judy Gallagher · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🥾 Hike · Great Falls
2 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 35 min driveFrom Rockville · Parking: Free lot by the visitor center; fills on April bluebell weekends
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall
A quiet stretch of the Potomac upstream of Great Falls: the riverside Potomac Heritage Trail is wide and flat, and the visitor center has small fish tanks and a scope for spotting eagles. In mid-April the whole understory fills with Virginia bluebells, the prettiest stroller walk of a DC spring.
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Great Falls, Virginia
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