Quote Originally Posted by divingbiker View Post
I looked at the map and I think you can go north on Rhode Island Avenue to Sunnyside, east on Sunnyside to Edmonston, then north to Beaver Dam or Powder Mill.
I checked this out today in my car--leaving from REI to ride in the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center rather than parking illegally at the wildlife refuge visitors center--and it will work fine. The bike lane on Rhode Island ends about a quarter mile before Sunnyside, but there aren't too many cars. Edmonston can be busy, but it's fairly wide and it's a short distance to Beaver Dam. Beaver Dam is bumpy on the west end, just like it is on the east end. I think it would probably be best to start from REI in the morning rather than mid-afternoon (when I was there today) so the traffic would be lighter.