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Hiking & Nature · Adams Morgan

Rock Creek Park

4.8Free

Rock Creek is bigger than Central Park and far less curated, which is the appeal. The Western Ridge Trail runs six miles through serious forest; the Boulder Bridge loop is a lunch-break escape from downtown.

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