Exact mileage to be determined, but it is estimated to be a "short" 13 miles.

• Begin at Iwo Jima.
• Go through Rosslyn and across the Key Bridge.
• Take a sharp right after bridge down to the river side of C&O Canal.
• Left on C&O Towpath and QUICK right down steps to K St.
• Go right on K St. to trailhead of Capital Crescent Trail.
• Follow Capital Crescent Trail a little more than 5 miles until it crosses over Massachussetts Avenue. You will remain on the trail the whole time. Among the "landmarks" you will pass are: Fletcher's Boathouse (near mile marker 8); bridge over the canal; the "Entering Maryland" sign (near mile marker 7) and the Dalecarlia tunnel (just past mile marker 6).
• It is important to pay attention so that you don't miss Mass. Ave. The turnoff at Mass. Ave. is just before mile marker 5.0 and about a mile from the tunnel.
• Just before the trail crosses over Mass. Ave., there will be a dirt downhill trail on your right. Take that (short) trail down to the sidewalk and turn right. You are headed up Mass. Ave. toward the D.C. line.
• At the top of the hill, you will be at Westmoreland Circle. Go halfway around the circle counterclockwise (basically stay to the right) and make a right to continue on Mass. Ave.
• Continue on Mass. but make a quick right onto 49th St. It is the third right you can possibly make after the circle (and is after 50th St.!)
• From 49th St., make the fourth right onto Tilden St.
• Continue on Tilden St.--it curves around after Fordham Rd.--until it ends at an intersection with Rockwood Parkway.
• Make a left onto Rockwood Parkway and take that up the hill until you get to Indian Lane.
• Make a right onto Indian Lane and you will soon come to a big intersection. This is Nebraska Avenue.
• Cross Nebraska Avenue and bear right down Chain Bridge Road. It is a narrow, shady road with a very steep downhill slope and some really cool houses.
• When Chain Bridge Road hits MacArthur Boulevard, make a left onto MacArthur.
• Take MacArthur back toward Georgetown. Be careful not to take Reservoir Road when you get near the Dalecarlia Reservoir--it is easy to get confused because the two of them meet and then divide again. If you are near the fence next to the water, you are in the right place.
• Once you hit Foxhall Road in Georgetown, MacArthur basically turns into Canal Road. Stay right when Foxhall meets MacArthur, but quickly cross to left side before heading down the hill.
• Stay on Canal Road (there is a sidewalk only on the left side heading in that direction) and it will turn into M Street at the Key Bridge. Be careful crossing M Street to go over the Key Bridge because there isn't a crosswalk there.
• Take the Key Bridge back to Rosslyn and Iwo Jima.