![]() Except for this detour the entire route is paved asphalt. You ride the towpath about 2.5 miles and take a similar zig-zag ramp back up to the Western MD. A zig-zag ramp leads down to the C&O Towpath. The tunnel is blocked due to endangered bats. Riding back east after a short distance you reach the blocked off Indigo Tunnel. West Virginia has not completed any of the proposed section to the west. Starting from Little Orleans one can ride west a short distance to a gate at a high bridge over the Potomac River. ![]() I've ridden the entire trail and it's great to get in a half century ride. I just returned from my third ride on the Western MD. My only suggestion regarding the trail would be to put a few more trail signs - as a first-timer I felt the need to double check that I was still on the trail, using my bike GPS, quite a few times. I used the crosswalk at the nearby cross street on my return). (One peculiarity - when crossing Riggs Road at the pedestrian crosswalk, that has a 'push button to turn on flashing lights' button, you are unable to see the lights yourself - makes the whole 'safety' thing a bit dodgy as you're not sure when the cars are stopping for you. While the entire trail is very nice (and not quite 10 miles, by my GPS) the southern end, where I started, is not as pleasant as the northern end - there's a few busy roads to cross that take away from the feeling of nature. The overall trail is in very good shape, the only issues occurring when I ran into road or trail construction - not a trail issue (and eventually a trail benefit, I'd guess). Easily found parking at Green Meadows Park on a weekday, and went 'back' a mile or so to the south in order to start the trail at the very beginning.
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