Rails to Trails Conservancy

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a 16-year-old nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching America's communities and countryside by creating a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors.

American Trails

An organization dedicated to promoting a national network of trails. This website contains much information on building and maintaining all kinds of trails.

Paved Bike Trails Across America

A new website on exclusively PAVED bike trails all across America. Each individual “State Page” provides links to websites that provide biking information related to that specific state.

Washington Area Bicyclists Association

The largest bicycle association and resource in the DC Metro area. Their website has much usefull information on bike routes throughout the area.

BikeWashington.org

Lists many rides and trails in the DC area, with good maps and ratings for terrain, traffic and scenery.

montgomerytrails.org

This Parks Division official website provides a description and map of all trails in the Montgomery County Parks.

bikemontgomery.com

This website describes the trails and on-road bike facilities maintained by Montgomery County DPWT. It has a link to the "Bikeways Map Viewer" - providing detailed aerial maps of any part of Montgomery County.

Metropolitan Branch Trail Site

This proposed greenway would be a seven-mile linear park and trail running parallel to Metro's Red Line from Union Station to Silver Spring. It will connect directly to the CCT and to the National Mall to form a continuous 24 mile trail loop.

Friends of the W&OD

Information and a detailed map of the W&OD Trail in Northern Virginia.

Kathy Bilton's C&O Canal page

An amazing wealth of information on the canal and the towpath.

The C&O Canal Association

The site has info on C&O Canal history, current conditions and volunteer restoration activities, There is also info on joining the Association to help out.

The Washington Post Web site

Has links to numerous bicycle associations

Commuter Connections

Formerly "Ride Finders", this site has a wealth of information about commuting and transportation provided by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.