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Difficulty: ExpertOut and Back
Virginia

Mount Vernon Trail

Mount Vernon, Virginia

18.4 mi

Distance

2,448 ft

Elev. Gain

6h 27m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Mount Vernon Trail 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.

The managing agency 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:-5 ft
Max:61 ft
Gain:746 ft
Loss:739 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between -5 ft and 61 ft across 18.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.-5 ft17 ft39 ft61 ft0.0 mi4.6 mi9.2 mi13.8 mi18.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi42 ft
High point18.4 mi61 ft
End18.5 mi49 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Mount Vernon, VA · in or next to town
County:
Fairfax County, VA

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

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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