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Difficulty: EasyLoop
Fort Washington Park/Maryland

Fort Washington

Fort Washington, Maryland

1.5 mi

Distance

276 ft

Elev. Gain

34m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Fort Washington unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

National Park Service manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1 ft
Max:38 ft
Gain:84 ft
Loss:84 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1 ft and 38 ft across 1.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1 ft13 ft26 ft38 ft0.0 mi0.4 mi0.8 mi1.1 mi1.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi38 ft
End1.5 mi38 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by National Park Service

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Fort Washington, MD · in or next to town
County:
Prince George's County, MD
Jurisdiction:
Fort Washington Park · National Park Service

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

Verify by phone or mail

  • Address:13551 Fort Washington Road · Fort Washington, MD · 20744
We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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