About us
Welcome to the DC Urban Walkers! We explore urban environments throughout DC and the surrounding areas. As part of our focus on urban areas, we prioritize Metro accessibility and typically start and stop at stations. Sometimes we host special day trips where we visit nearby cities by train. The routes can have mixed terrain including sidewalks, gravel, hiking trials, etc. Note that while we do include hiking trails within cities, we do not consider ourselves a hiking group.
If you've enjoyed our walks please consider donating a few bucks to help us keep this group running (meetup is expensive!). Donation Link
Upcoming events
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Capital Crescent + AU/Tenleytown (4.5 mi)
Metro-Bethesda, 7450 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD, USOn this walk we'll start in Bethesda, walk the Capitol Crescent a bit, then walk towards AU/Teneleytown.
Millage: 4.5
Map: komoot, caltopo
Start: Bethesda metro (street level, top of the stairs)
End: AU/Teneleytown metro
Terrain: There will be mostly paved surfaces.---
We try to be punctual with our event times so please be respectful to others and show up a few minutes early. Note, we often limit the RSVPs to keep group sizes manageable. If you are on the waitlist but would really like to join, reach out to the organizer.Our events prioritize metro accessibility by meeting and ending at metro stations. Sometimes we start/stop at the same station, sometimes we do not. Please double check the event description to see if you can manage transportation.
If you've enjoyed our walks please consider donating a few bucks to help us keep this group running (meetup is expensive!). Donation Link
40 attendees
Embassy Walk in Van Ness w/ UDC & HU school of law
Van Ness Metro, 4301 Connecticut Ave Nw, washington, DC, USThis jovial jaunt is a paved 3.8mile mostly easy walk with some hidden hills & full of stairs (270 in total). Pace: 3mph. The trek traverses embassies as well as academic campuses in D.C.'s Van Ness neighborhood... Can you enumerate all the embassies?
The walk first frolics about the University of D.C. (UDC) with an 'amphitheater ascent' that leads to the Henderson Sports complex, which was named after the "Father of Black Basketball". The circuit then embraces enigmatic embassies that are collectively known as the International Chancery Center (ICC). After ambling through alleys the trek pauses parallel to International Park.
Latter of the circuit descends a snaky staircase then creeps by an eerie alley of eyes before encircling new & old Howard University (HU) School of Law buildings, including a Kennedy Center look-a-like known as the Allen Mercer Daniel Library; enjoy a vacuous vista of D.C. here. Following a gander at a grandiloquent grotto the walk concludes among terracing towers.
NOTES:
1. Trail Forecast= MAP | Commuting via Metro advised: alight from Van Ness- UDC station (RD line), exit via south/western portal. (Paid-) parking is available for Cars in nearby Garages.
2. Post- social @TBD.
3. Footnote: This is a grand gander, resist abstaining!We try to be punctual with our event times so please be respectful to others and show up a few minutes early. Note, we often limit the RSVPs to keep group sizes manageable. If you are on the waitlist but would really like to join, reach out to the organizer.
Our events prioritize metro accessibility by meeting and ending at metro stations. Sometimes we start/stop at the same station, sometimes we do not. Please double check the event description to see if you can manage transportation.
18 attendees
Soapstone Valley + Reservation 630 + Kingle V. (Mi. 5.4, Van Ness -> Zoo/AdMo)
Van Ness-UDC Station, 4200 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USLet's walk a series of trails winding around Connecticut Ave and Rock Creek Park.
Route:
- Start at Van Ness metro
- Take Soapstone Valley Trail
- Shortly on Broad Branch Rd to get to Western Ridge Trail
- Western Ridge Trail -> Reservation 630
- A good point to bail for those seeking a shorter walk would be when we cross Connecicut Ave here
- South on 34th St NW, heading to Kingle Valley Trail
- Kingle Valley Trail -> Rock Creek Trail -> Zoo/AdMo Metro
- NOTE: The "zoo loop" will be closed and we'll be walking along/within the Beach Drive tunnel.
Millage: 5.4
Map: (two parts because gmaps won't let map trail correctly) kamoot, caltopo
Start Location: Van Ness-UDC Metro Station
End Location: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metro Station
Terrain: There will be some unpaved hiking trails and hills.---
We try to be punctual with our event times so please be respectful to others and show up a few minutes early. Note, we often limit the RSVPs to keep group sizes manageable. If you are on the waitlist but would really like to join, reach out to the organizer.Our events prioritize metro accessibility by meeting and ending at metro stations. Sometimes we start/stop at the same station, sometimes we do not. Please double check the event description to see if you can manage transportation.
If you've enjoyed our walks please consider donating a few bucks to help us keep this group running (meetup is expensive!). Donation Link
40 attendees
Past events
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