The 14th Street Bridge/Key Bridge Route provides excellent views of the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Potomac River, Georgetown Skyline and of course the Lincoln Memorial. Be careful when crossing streets on Mall. Visitors in cars don't always notice runners.

This route can be run on both weekdays and weekends.

Start in front of U.S. Capitol (3rd and Pennsylvania, NW)

1) Run up Mall to 14th street

2) Take a left at 14th Street. Cross Independence Avenue

3) Follow 14th Street past the Holocaust Museum on your left

4) Cross Maine Avenue. The Tidal Basin will be on your right

5) Keep the Tidal Basin /Jefferson Memorial on your right, as you follow path.

6) When you see the bridge on the left, head straight for it. You will run on a bit of grass

7) Cross 14th Street Bridge

8) When you get to other side, head north along Mount Vernon Bike Trail

9) Follow bike trail about 2.5 miles north until you reach intersection with road. Turn right.

10) Cross Key Bridge.

11) Take an immediate right immediately after crossing Key bridge. Go through the Francis Scott Key min-park to the C&O canal.

12) Do not cross the C&O. Rather run along north side of tow path in an eastward direction, toward DC (if you go under the Key Bridge, or across the canal, you have committed a faux pas)

13) Follow tow path one mile to Rock Creek Parkway

14) Turn right at Rock Creek Parkway. Follow path 1.1 miles to Lincoln Memorial.

15) Take left at Lincoln Memorial to Mall. At this point you are less than two miles from the start

16) Follow Mall (either side) back to the start.

Last updated: September 16, 1999. Back to the WRC Home Page