The Loops of Battery Kemble, by Max Reid

0.0    Begin at Iwo Jima
        Go through Rosslyn
        Across Key Bridge

1.0    Sharp right after bridge down to river side of C&O Canal
        Left on C&O Towpath and QUICK right down steps to K St.
        Right on K St. to trailhead of Capitol Crescent Trail
        Go 1/2 mile on Capitol Crescent Trail

1.5    Just past 10 mile marker, turn right through culvert
        After culvert, loop to the right and turn right on Canal Rd
        QUICK right into trailhead of Glover Archbold trail

2.0    Follow trail across Reservoir Rd. at street corner

2.8    Follow trail past sign for Wesley Heights Trail

3.0    After this sign, bear right at "Y" split

3.2    Left on Garfield St. at intersection with New Mexico Ave.
        Continue up hill to Foxhall Rd

3.5   Cross Foxhall Rd down hill to 49th St.
        Right on 49th St. for about 25 yards
        Left on trail into woods
 

3.8   Begin Battery Kemble Loop (clockwise)
        Left onto main trail through Battery Kemble park
        Exit woods at MacArthur Blvd.
        Right along MacArthur for about 50 yards

4.4    Right on Chain Bridge Rd.
        Enjoy the hill--You will see it again ;-)

4.8    Right onto gravel road toward parking area
        Right onto trail at bottom of the hill past the big tree on the right but before the parking area
        Notice 'bamboo forest' on left

5.0    End of first loop.
        Repeat loop

6.2   End of second loop.
        Return to Iwo Jima by retracing your steps
        Left across bridge to 49th St.
        Right on 49th St.
        Left on Garfield St.
        Cross Foxhall Rd.
        Right onto Glover Archbold trail at intersection of Garfield St. and New Mexico Ave.
        Loop under Canal Rd.
        Left onto Capital Crescent
        Up stairs to Key Bridge
        Cross Key Bridge
        Rossyln

10.0 Iwo Jima
 

All distances are approximate.  Your mileage may vary.