Hiking routes around Alexandria, Virginia, United States

One long-distance trail passes through: American Discovery Trail (4,993 mi). Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (super) has more of its length here than any other route: 40 mi within 9 mi. Most of the 23 local routes are short walks: 18 of them are under 6 mi. Operators named on the routes listed here include Fairfax County Park Authority and Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.

• Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (super)Local · PHT40 mi within 9 mi
• American Discovery TrailNational · ADT8.1 mi within 9 mi · 4,993 mi in all
• Four Mile Run TrailRegional · FMR7.5 mi within 9 mi
• Fort Circle Park Hiker-Biker TrailLocal6.8 mi within 9 mi
• Washington & Old Dominion TrailRegional · WOD6.8 mi within 9 mi · 45 mi in allNorthern Virginia Regional Park Authority
• Rock Creek TrailLocal5.2 mi within 9 mi
• Custis TrailRegional · CT4.3 mi within 9 mi
• Gerry Connolly Cross County TrailRegional · CCT3.9 mi within 9 mi · 39 mi in allFairfax County Park Authority
• Glover-Archbold TrailLocal2.6 mi within 9 mi · about 3 mi in all
• Green TrailLocal1.5 mi within 9 mi
• Purple TrailLocal1.1 mi within 9 mi
• Orange TrailLocal1.1 mi within 9 mi

Each name opens the route on Waymarked Trails.

• Routes from Waymarked Trails, which draws the hiking routes mapped on OpenStreetMap (data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); counted on Oct 19, 2026.
• Only routes someone has mapped as a route on OpenStreetMap are counted. Signposted paths no one has mapped, and walks without waymarks, are not.
• Lengths within 9 mi are measured on Waymarked Trails’ simplified lines and take in a route’s branches and variants; a path two routes share counts for each. A route’s length in all follows its main line along the mapped ways, and those marked “about” come from the simplified lines.

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