According to the Friends of the Mount Vernon Bike Trail, the trail was the idea of Ellen Pickering and Barbara Lynch, two locals who tossed around the idea in early 1972, ...

The city of Mount Vernon put online last month an interactive map of the city’s trails and parks. The map, accessible through the Parks and Enrichment Services page of the city website , depicts ...

At Mount Vernon High School, on March 14, area cyclists looked at Fairfax County plans to complete a link in the Fairfax County bike rail network, patching together trail bits along Mount Vernon ...

The Mt. Vernon Trail is currently blocked near Roosevelt Island after someone tried to drive a piece of large construction equipment over a rickety wooden bridge. The wooden plank bridge carries ...

Mt. Vernon street festival and trail day event offers fun run, garage sale, cute dog contest, bike raffle, children's activities, garage sale Families celebrated National Trails Day and their ...

ALSO: A mountain bike skills park is in the works and could be completed over the next two years, Taylor said. The road to the summit is 1.5 miles and open to bikes. Dogs on leashes are permitted.

You could walk or jog, but a bike allows you to cover more ground: The 18-mile trail stretches from Theodore Roosevelt Island to George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Much of it hugs the Potomac, so you ...