Westside D.C. Bikeways - a Smart-guided Selfie Cycle Tour

Immerse into D.C.'s best-kept secret - a collection of bikeways woven throughout its consistent award-winning inner-city park system.

The District of Columbia (D.C.) may be one of America's most toured locations. Especially, in the Washington area where there is no shortage of touring companies to help tourists see what it is all about. This tour is different than all the rest. It is a smart-guided tour*. And, it takes you away from downtown Washington to explore the surrounding park bikeways. Did I mention award-winning parks - year after year?

*Why choose a Smart-guided Selfie Cycle Tour?

You get all the benefits of a guided tour without the drawbacks of a tour guide, other tourists, time restrictions, and a rigid tour agenda. With this smart-guided tour, you can go when you want, at your speed, and hang out at a spot as long as you wish. You can even wander off the planned route and the smart guide will get you back on track when you are ready.

Natural beauty is the highlight of this bikeway tour. A large segment of the route travels through Rock Creek National Park, right past the Washington Zoo, where you may hear or smell some of its residents, but probably not see any from the bikeway. A midway tasty spot in upscale Chevy Chase presents a dazzling contrast to the wooded serenity. The tasty spot is pet-friendly, too, if you are touring with your furry friend.

Besides Rock Creek, which the route crosses several times, there is a dockside segment along the Potomac River at Georgetown Waterfront Park. And Georgetown, too, gives a quick appearance, where its historical neighborhood is just minutes off route. The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal adds its historical flare to the tour for several miles. There is even a segment of bikeway built upon a former trolly track, to add a bit more for the imaginative mind. Rivers, canals, and trolly cars were all major influences on the growth of the D.C. area, and are now as vital in their new roles for us cycle tourists!

Something else unique about this cycle tour is that you ride on closed parkway roads. That's right, some Rock Creek National Park roads are closed to motor vehicles. This has been an on-and-off thing for several years, but now it is set in place for the enjoyment of cyclists and pedestrians.

The route follows the lay of the land which is fairly level with only 400' of climbing over 24 miles - about 29% is a former canal towpath and a trolly car rail-to-trail. As usual, this tour comes with the CycleNuts 50% downhill guarantee. There are a few segments where you might use your bike gears, but nothing to work up too much of a sweat about. Speaking of sweating - it's optional. You set your pace, starting time, and touring agenda with CycleNuts' expert smart-guided cycle tour pattern. The route is 83% bikeway and bike lane. In some short segments the route shares the road with motor vehicles. The tour route is shaded except for the Potomac, C&O Canal, and Chevy Chase segments.

Points of interest on and near the tour route:

Georgetown

Chevy Chase

Fletchers Cove

Rock Creek Park

The Washington Harbor

Washington D.C. downtown (near route)

Georgetown Waterfront Park

Trailhead C&O Canal Towpath

Washington National Cathedral (near route)

Smithsonian National Zoological Park

Rock Creek Park Nature Center and Planetarium

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Bikeways on the route:

Western Ridge Trail

C&O Canal Towpath

U.S. Bicycle Route 50

Capital Crescent Trail

The Bethesda Trolley Trail

HERE'S THE PLAN: You bring a bike and a smartphone. CycleNuts provides the smart-tour guide! Via an email, you receive an expertly designed tour route. Click the emailed link and follow the Selfie Tour route using your smartphone as your smart-tour guide for the Voice and Map guided turn-by-turn instructions.

From your location click on link 1 provided by CycleNuts (using your cell phone) and follow the Google Maps directions to the starting spot. Unload your bike (if you transported it to the starting spot), or if you rode to the starting spot, you are good to go. Click on link 2 provided by CycleNuts and begin the tour (for more complex tours there may also be a link 3 or 4 to click on along the way and additional instructions).

ARE YOU READY TO ROLL? GREAT... LET'S HIT THE TRAILS!

GET YOUR TICKET TODAY! - the tour starting and ending times on the ticket are only a general guideline to give you an idea of how much time the tour may take at the minimum. Your time in the saddle, on the trail, and starting times are your call - it's your tour. One ticket equals fun for all! Bring as many people as you wish on your tour. Ticket purchase is for the CycleNuts Selfie Smart-guided route only. Attractions, lodgings, food, bike rental, etc. are not included in the ticket purchase.

CycleNuts Selfie Tours tie together fun, interesting, scenic, historic, tasty, and refreshing points of interest along a bikeway-focused tour route where you ride at your pace and pleasure. You are the tour boss. You pick the date and time - the ticket is good for any day or time - dates/times listed only as a guideline to give you an idea of how long the tour normally takes.

With these smart-guided bikeway cycling adventures, you bring the bike and smartphone, and CycleNuts provides the Smart Guide. The Smart Guide gives voice and visual turn-by-turn instructions along an expertly designed and tested tour route.

Do the tour solo or bring along your crew. 1 ticket = fun for all! Easily stop anywhere along the way to visit attractions or refreshments and the Smart Guide will continue the route from wherever you are when you are ready to roll.

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