Patowmack Island & Blue Trail via DCWA is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Seneca Regional Park near Deanwood, VA. The route reaches Patowmack Island at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi167 – 194 ft3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: DCWA 39.04443, -77.29684
Nearest town Deanwood, VA
Directions
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Patowmack Island & Blue Trail via DCWA
3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Elevation 169–195 ft
Out & Back · Seneca Regional Park
Trailhead: DCWA · 39.04443, -77.29684
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right onto DCWA, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto DCWA, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Patowmack Island, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto DCWA, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
81% dirt19% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:11 PM
More from DCWA Trailhead
- Potomac Heritage Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Potomac Heritage Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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