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District of Columbia Segments

Chuck Barscz
National Park Service
Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance
200 Chestnut Street, Rm. 260
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 597-6482

Photo of bridge in Rock Creek Park

River

Reach

Length (miles)

Year Listed/ Updated

ORVs

Description

Rock Creek

Porter Street crossing to Maryland border.

5

1982

 

R, H

Recreation-(Segment is a part of a designated National Recreation Area, and one of the largest urban parks in the world, with high concentrations of urban populations in the Washington Metropolitan area.)

Historic-(Segment borders the National Zoological Park, a National Historic Register site planned by Frederick Law Olmstead and including a variety of significant 19th and 20th century buildings in a natural setting.)

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