Mountain Biking the Washington, D.C./Baltimore Area, 4th: An Atlas of Northern Virginia, Maryland, and D.C.'s Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides [Paperback]

Scott Adams (Author), Martin Fernandez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2003 | Series: Regional Mountain Biking Series

Here is everything bicyclists need to know to enjoy off-road adventures in a region layered in more than its share of pavement. Plunge down steep, rugged singletrack over Maryland's Allegheny Mountains; relax along leisurely lakeside trails minutes from the Beltway; or travel off-road through Virginia's scenic horse country, stopping only for a taste of wine from the region's great vineyards. This guide shows both novice and experienced cyclists how to get out of the gridlock and into the woods.

From this book cyclists can expect exhaustive and comprehensive trail descriptions, from beginner to advanced, GPS-quality, digitally designed relief maps detailing each ride and accurate route profiles showing the ups and downs of each ride. In addition detailed directions get them to the ride without getting lost. Detailed mile-by-mile directional cues are also provided with difficulty ratings, elevation gain, trail contacts, and much more.

Editorial Reviews

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"This book is such a valuable resource for mountain bikers that it probably should be included as a part of the sale of any new mountain bike in the region. The maps are phenomenal!"
--Spokes Magazine

"There are trail guides, and then there's the real deal. Trail descriptions are top-notch."
--Bike Magazine

From the Back Cover

The standard bearer for nearly a decade, this guide provides everything cyclists need to know to enjoy off-road adventures in a region layered in more than its share of pavement. Plunge down steep, rugged singletrack over the Allegheny Mountains in Maryland, relax along leisurely lakeside trails minutes from the Beltway, or travel off-road through Virginia's scenic horse and wine country. Local mountain bikers Scott Adams and Martin Fernandez show both novice and experienced cyclists how to get out of the gridlock and into the woods. Also included: detailed ride descriptions; GPS-quality, digitally designed relief maps; elevation profiles; accurate directions, difficulty ratings, trail contacts, and more; tips on riding, trip preparation, and bicycle maintenance.
Mountain Biking the Washington D.C./Baltimore Area delivers the goods like no other book on the market. It's not just a mountain bike guide to Northern Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. It's a guide to the entire region by mountain bike.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: FalconGuides; 4th edition (August 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762726571
• ISBN-13: 978-0762726578
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #776,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #39 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Maryland
  • #45 in Books > Travel > United States > Washington, D.C.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great roundup, April 10, 2007

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M. Burns (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mountain Biking the Washington, D.C./Baltimore Area, 4th: An Atlas of Northern Virginia, Maryland, and D.C.'s Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides (Paperback)

I live in DC and it's difficult to find a good ride without taking an afternoon drive. This book is really thorough and helpful, with places I wouldn't have otherwise known about and more info than I already knew about other places.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, June 19, 2010

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H. Schroeder - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mountain Biking the Washington, D.C./Baltimore Area, 4th: An Atlas of Northern Virginia, Maryland, and D.C.'s Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides (Paperback)

It had a lot of good trails that I would not have known about otherwise. It has trails for every skill level and gives instructions on how to get to the trails. It even includes an elevation map and picutres from the trails. My only complaint is that it defines the trails as easy,easy to moderate, moderate, moderate to difficult or difficult, but some of the trails are rated easy like the cheseapeke bay trail(which is the only trail in the book which is not mountain biking) and rockburn regional park. They are totally different, chesepeake bay is flat and no obstacles whatsoever while rockburn has obstacles and minor hills and doubletrack. The two are very different but rated the same so it would be better if it was rated on a scale of maybe 1-10 or something like that. To one of the other reviewers who said it didn't have real mountain biking-the book has gambrill in it, which is arugably the hardest mountain biking in the state and some of the hardest in the country. If thats not "real" mountain biking than what is? THere is plenty of real mountain biking in it, and this book was reccomended by many people to me. I would recomend this too, you should defintly buy this if you plan on going mountainbiking, whether you are a begginer, intermediatae or advanced biker.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Misses almost all the good spots to MTB in Maryland/DC, September 12, 2007

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Robert W. Georgantas III (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mountain Biking the Washington, D.C./Baltimore Area, 4th: An Atlas of Northern Virginia, Maryland, and D.C.'s Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides (Paperback)

This book is pretty much a joke of a guidebook. Most of the "trails" are things like bike paths and not really mountain biking... It pretty much misses all of the great trails in Maryland