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#43 – The Beer Garden at Westover Market is open every day rotating six beers on tap and offering wi-fi and food all day every day. They now have outdoor televisions and are showing football games. It’s a great local place to hang out with neighbors and is surprisingly family friendly. They hope to offer live music again in 2022 with performers on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
May is National Biking Month. On one Sunday in May you can participate in the Washington and Arlington Community Bike Ride where the streets will be car-free. Highlights include an extended section of George Washington Memorial Parkway and visits to the Marine Corps and Air Force Memorials.
For more trails and bike routes visit Bike Arlington.
Visit Bon Air Park Memorial Rose Garden on Wilson Boulevard when the roses are in bloom. They also have an azalea garden, a shade garden, and a sun garden, but the roses are the real stars.
You can get a great view of the Washington skyline while you watch airplanes take off and land from Reagan National Airport at Gravelly Point Park. The parking lot is accessible from the George Washington Parkway if you are heading North from the airport, or you can bike or walk there from the Mount Vernon Trail.
While technically a part of Washington, D.C., Theodore Roosevelt Island is only accessible via a Mount Vernon Trail footbridge from the Arlington side of the Potomac. Featuring a memorial to the famed “Rough Rider,” conservationist, trustbuster, and 26th President of the United States, the Island also features a network of trails and ranger-led tours.
Arlington County’s many bike routes include 50 miles of shared-use off street trails, 40 miles of bike lanes and 80 miles of recommended on-street bicycle routes. Arlington ranks among the most bike friendly jurisdictions in the nation and has received status as a League of American Bicyclists Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC).
One of my favorite routes is to take the Custis Trail to the Mount Vernon Trail where you ride along the river. The Washington & Old Dominion Trail is another great one. Part of the “Rails to Trails” program which converted unused railroad routes to multi-use trails, the W&OD Trail begins in Arlington and runs 45 miles through rolling Virginia countryside ending in Purcellville.
BikeArlington offers maps and rides of the trails in Arlington. And if you don’t have a bike, Capital Bikeshare has stations throughout Arlington and the DC metro area where you can rent one.
Below is a video of many of Arlington’s bike trails. Enjoy!
