Museum Foot Trail
- 0.3 mi
- round trip
- 22 ft
- climb
- Singletrack
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Mar–Apr, Jun
- best months
Is Museum Foot Trail open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for National Capital Parks.
As of · Source: NPS · National Capital Parks. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Museum Foot Trail is a short mountain biking route in National Capital Parks, part of the Fort Circle Park area in Virginia, about 0.34 miles from the start. The trail is an out-and-back with a total length of about 0.68 miles and an elevation gain of about 22 feet, so it's a low-rise ride for riders looking to move a little ground close to town. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to ride. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Oxon Hill, Maryland, show October highs around 68°F and April highs around 67°F, with summer highs climbing into the upper 80s. Two other trails lie about 0.3 miles away: the Green Trail and the Hiker Biker Trail. Lucky Run Trail, a hike, is about 6.5 miles off, and climbers can head to Gulf Branch, roughly 8.8 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Terrapin Adventures21 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Green TrailMountain biking0.3 mi
- Hiker Biker TrailMountain biking0.3 mi
- Woodlot Nature TrailHiking4.1 mi
- Lucky Run TrailHiking6.5 mi
Prince Georges County Connector TrailHikingPhoto: Mr.TinMD, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)6.6 mi- Gulf BranchRock climbing8.8 mi
- Little Falls BranchCanoeing9.8 mi
- Greenbelt Park Picnic AreasCamping9.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Green TrailMountain biking · Next door
- Garden TrailMountain biking · ~4 min drive
- Bama TrailMountain biking · ~4 min drive
- Rough Woods TrailMountain biking · ~14 min drive
- Hiker Biker TrailMountain biking · Next door
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal TrailMountain biking · ~14 min drive
- Hiker Biker TrailMountain biking · Next door
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal TrailMountain biking · ~14 min drive
- Hiker Biker TrailMountain biking · Next door
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal TrailMountain biking · ~15 min drive
Best time to visit Museum Foot Trail
Best months: March–April, June and September–November. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
44° / 27°
11 wet
Feb
48° / 28°
10 wet
Mar
56° / 35°
12 wet
Apr
67° / 45°
12 wet
May
76° / 55°
13 wet
Jun
84° / 64°
11 wet
Jul
88° / 69°
11 wet
Aug
87° / 67°
10 wet
Sep
80° / 61°
9 wet
Oct
68° / 48°
10 wet
Nov
57° / 39°
10 wet
Dec
48° / 31°
11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Oxon Hill, MD, 4.3 mi away at 190 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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