Cross County Trail  It was a bright, cool Fall day, ideal for a short ride on the recumbents. We headed south on the W&OD Trail toward Vienna to check out the soon to be completed Cross County Trail. At the Vienna Community Center we rode through the parking lot and turned right on Cherry St. to head toward the Fairfax Connector Trail that starts at the Vienna Metro Station. Cyclists have been trying to get the Town of Vienna to put signs on the back roads that lead to the Metro station from the W&OD Trail for several years. Each time it is proposed, homeowners along the route come out in force to testify against it. They don't want no stinkin‘ spandex-clad cyclists streaming by their property. Here's the route:

Vienna Community Center
R - Cherry St.
L - Center St.
R - Battle St.
L - Plum St.
R - Meadow St.
R - Tapawingo St.
X - Cross Nutley St. at the light
Nottoway Park - Hop the curb at the end of Tapawingo St. and follow the dirt trail that leads into Nottoway Park, then follow the paved trail to Vaden Dr.
Vaden Dr. to Vienna Metro.

From there we took the Fairfax Connector Trail south to connect to the CCT. Here's a map of the route, and a map of the rest of our bike ride on the Cross County Trail. You'll have to zoom out a couple of levels to the overall route view.
posted by Bruce Wright at 10:15 PM #