25 Bicycle Tours in and Around Washington D.C.: From the Capitol Steps to Country Roads - Softcover

Oman, Anne H..

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088150422X ISBN 13: 9780881504224

Publisher: Back Country, 2003

Synopsis

Washington, D.C., blessed with a rich historic heritage and gentle terrain, is also graced with an unusually wide-ranging and accessible network of bike trails. Anne Oman, a seasoned writer, cyclist, and local historian, is your guide to this bike-friendly city. The tours in this revised and updated second edition range from 7 to 70 miles and offer something for cyclists of every ability and taste. Oman steers riders around Capitol Hill and to Washington's incomparable museums and monuments along the Mall, as well as to many other attractions, including Embassy Row, historic Georgetown, miles of towpaths along the Potomac River, and natural areas such as the National Arboretum. She also includes tours to nearby historic and scenic areas: the little-known western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and Maryland wineries, covered bridges, and Mount Vernon, to name but a few. And for more ambitious cyclists, a bonus tour offers a three-state, three-day ride to Harper's Ferry. As with every book in the 25 Bicycle Tours series, each chapter includes directions to the starting point, detailed maps, mile-by-mile directions, and information on local attractions and nearby bike shops.

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Oman has worked as a writer and editor for National Geographic and Scholastic magazines. She contributes regularly to the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun, and is coauthor of Saturday's Child: Family Activities in Metropolitan Washington. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Review:

Should be on every enthusiast's shelf. . . . Oman combines an intimate knowledge of the territory with the really precise directions you get only from an authority. -- Roll Call

About this edition

• Publisher: Back Country
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 088150422X
• ISBN 13: 9780881504224
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 176
• Illustrator: B/W Illus