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Fort Stevens Loop

A cycling route starting in Forest Glen, Maryland, United States.

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Overview

About this route

A short route starting in Woodside ParkĀ and cycling to the historical sites connected with Jubal Early's raid on Washington DC in the summer of 1864. The ride includes the Confederate cemetery, the Union cemetery and the fortifications at Fort Stevens and Fort DeRussy. The ride ends with a short journey through Rock Creek Park and back to Woodside.

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Duration
20.3 km
Distance
157 m
Ascent
157 m
Descent
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Avg. speed
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Max. altitude
Ian Brett Cooper

created this 7 years ago

Route quality

Waytypes & surfaces along the route

Waytypes

  • Road

    7.5 km

    37 %

  • Quiet road

    5.1 km

    25 %

  • Cycleway

    3.9 km

    19 %

Surfaces

Paved

16.2 km

(80 %)

  • Asphalt

    15.4 km

    76 %

  • Paved (undefined)

    0.6 km

    3 %

  • Concrete

    0.2 km

    1 %

Route highlights

Points of interest along the route

  1. Point of interest after 1.6 km

    9315 Greyrock Road. "Grey Rocks". At the time of Jubal Early's raid, this was the home of Doctor Henry Ford Condict. On July 11, 1864, the house was occupied by the Confederates and used as an observation post and a rendezvous point for cavalry searching for horses and provisions.

  2. Point of interest after 2.6 km

    Raymond W. Burche's home. Shells from Union artillery fell around this property. Now demolished.

  3. Point of interest after 3.4 km

    1504 Noyes Drive. When excavating the back yard of ths house for an addition, a ten-inch Union Parrott shell from the Civil War was discovered.

  4. Point of interest after 3.4 km

    8818 1st Avenue "Woodside" was Richard T. Wilson's Home at the time of the raid. This was a farmhouse with a driveway leading to Georgia Avenue. Wilson was a confederate sympathizer and this house was used as Confederate Major General John C. Breckinridge's headquarters. The Wilson Farm encompassed all of what is now Woodside and the western part of Woodside Park.

  5. Point of interest after 3.6 km

    John C. Wilson's home. John Wilson supported the Union. His brother Richard supported the Confederacy. The house is now demolished.

  6. Point of interest after 4.4 km

    "Sligo" was the name of Silver Spring during the Civil War. On 11-12 July 1864, the businesses here, including Lewis Graves' dry goods store, Rayney's store, and Barnes' Tavern farther south were looted by Confederate soldiers.

  7. Point of interest after 4.4 km

    The Eagle Inn.

  8. Point of interest after 4.8 km

    "Falkland", Montgomery Blair's mansion, stood here in 1864. It was burned by Confederate troops at the time of the raid. The ruin stood here until 1958, when it was burned down again to make way for Blair Plaza.

  9. Point of interest after 5.3 km

    Silver Cycles.

  10. Point of interest after 5.4 km

    Francis Preston Blair's "Silver Spring" mansion. This house was used by General Jubal Early as his headquarters. Now demolished.

  11. Point of interest after 6.4 km

    James Blair's "The Moorings". This is the only one of the Blair family's Silver Spring mansions still standing. From 1934 to 1957, the house served as the Silver Spring Public Library.

  12. Point of interest after 8.5 km

    Battleground National Cemetery. Here are buried the US soldiers who died defending Washington from Jubal Early's raid on 11-12 July 1864.

  13. Point of interest after 9.5 km

    Fort Stevens Battlefield Park There are a few gun emplacements remaining and a monument to the battle.

  14. Point of interest after 12 km

    Fort DeRussy. This fort is overgrown, but there is a marker and the banks that supported the gun emplacements can still be seen. There were no trees here in 1864.

  15. Point of interest after 20.3 km

    Confederate Cemetery. Ten years after the Civil War, soldiers of the Confederacy who had died during Jubal Early's raid on Washington, and who had been buried in nearby fields were exhumed and reburied together in Grace Church graveyard.

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