The Custis Trail is a bike trail in Arlington County, VA that extends from Bon Air Park, off of Wilson Boulevard, to Key Bridge at Rosslyn. It merges with the Mount Vernon Trail along the Potomac River and the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail at Bon Air Park. Arlington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia (which calls itself a commonwealth), directly across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. By an act of Congress July 9, 1846, the area south of the Potomac was returned to Virginia effective in 1847 As of 2000... Francis Scott Key Bridge, or Key Bridge can refer to: Francis Scott Key Bridge, a bridge crossing the outer harbor of Baltimore, Maryland. ... Map of the Trail The Mount Vernon Trail is a popular bike path in Northern Virginia that runs from near Theodore Roosevelt Island to Mount Vernon. ... The Potomac River at Great Falls, MD from Olmstead Island, water relatively low The Potomac River flows into Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ...
The Friends of the Washington and Old Dominion Trail (FOWOD) is a non-profit citizens organization dedicated to the preservation, enhancement and promotion of a unique recreational resource in northern Virginia: the WandOD trail, a 45-mile multi-use rail-trail that is owned and operated by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.
On behalf of the WandOD Trail Patrol, Rick Stevens, WandOD Trail Manager, and Norm Lisy, Coordinator of the WandOD Trail Patrol, traveled to Richmond on June 13th to receive the Governor's Transportation Safety Award for 2007.
One of the earliest signs of the arrival of spring on the Trail is the shrill chorus of the spring peepers.
After his father died, young Custis was raised by his grandmother and her second husband, the first US President George Washington at Mount Vernon.
Custis, a farsighted agricultural pioneer, painter, playwright, and orator, was interested in perpetuating the memory and principles of George Washington.
Other notable trails include the CustisTrail, which parallels Route 66, and a myriad of smaller trails and roads with bicycle access.
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