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Trails in Fort Washington Park

4 named trails · 5 miles. The lines, trailheads and points are the Park Service's; the write-ups are the Service's own words; the climbing is read from USGS elevation along each line.

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4 trails, A to Z.

Fort Washington Perimeter Trail

2.9 mi one way · about 300 ft of climbing · 3 ft–162 ft · native surface · hiking

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Fort Washington Trail

0.5 mi one way · about 70 ft of climbing · 100 ft of descent · 5 ft–136 ft · gravel, native surface · hiking

On the parks map · Drive to the trail's end

Fort Washington Trail (Service Road)

0.4 mi one way · 80 ft of descent · 32 ft–121 ft · concrete, gravel surface · hiking

Visitor centers

Along the way Ft Washington Park Visitor Center

On the parks map · Drive to the trail's end

Path to Battery Decatur

112 ft–116 ft · native surface · hiking

On the parks map · Drive to the trail's end

16 more mapped segments without a name are on the map, not in the list.

About these trails

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-14 and simplified for the map. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do", unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.