Free — you'll pick up right here.
Watch this trail
Sign up to watch it — saving subscribes you to gate, closure and report changes.
Virginia
River Trail
0.4 mi
Distance
583 ft
Gain
18 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside George Washington Memorial Parkway
National Park unit boundary is mapped — agency alerts for it feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
River Trail
AI-suggested draft · review before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 583 ft
- Elevation loss
- 583 ft
- Highest point
- 280 ft
- Lowest point
- 120 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- National Park Service
About this trail
River Trail is a 0.72-mile out-and-back hike in Virginia with 583 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 280 feet.
Add to a trip & share
Keep exploring — more trails worth the drive
Billy Goat Trail Section A
~0 min drive
2.08-mile out-and-back hike with 551 ft elevation gain in Virginia.
Swamp Ridge Connector Trail
~0 min drive
0.84-mile out-and-back trail in Virginia with 169 ft elevation gain.
Billy Goat Trail Section B
~3 min drive
2.8-mile out-and-back trail in Virginia with 837 ft gain and loss
Ridge Trail
~1 min drive
2.94-mile out-and-back Ridge Trail in Virginia gains 412 ft.
Potomac Heritage Trail
~3 min drive
2.78-mile out-and-back trail in Virginia with 1,723 ft elevation gain/loss.
River Trail
~1 min drive
1.1-mile out-and-back hike in Virginia with 798 ft elevation gain and loss.
Cross County Trail
~4 min drive
5.36-mile out-and-back trail in Virginia with 1,013 ft elevation gain
Difficult Run Trail
~1 min drive
1.0-mile out-and-back trail in Virginia with 330 ft elevation gain/loss
Potomac Heritage Trail
~6 min drive
3.16-mile out-and-back trail in Maryland with 1,440 ft elevation gain/loss.
Woodland Trail
~1 min drive
1.26-mile out-and-back hike in Virginia with 423 ft elevation gain
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
