Place

Trailhead: Pine Trail

trailhead sign at the edge of the forest
Trailhead sign for Pine Trail

NPS / Kyle Yarusso

Quick Facts
Location:
16th Street near Holly Street NW
Significance:
Trailhead
Pine Trail runs for about 0.28 miles connecting 16th Street to the Valley Trail and Black Horse Trail.

This neighborhood connector trail is a foot path. It is a 5-foot-wide trail of native soil with a gentle slope from 2% to 10% through a predominant tulip poplar forest. 

Pine Trail was an old farm road leading from the heir of D. Clagett's farmstead, northeast of the park, to Rock Creek. This farm road is first identified around 1850 on the DC Suburbs Map. 

Rock Creek Park

Last updated: January 26, 2026