parking lot and trail head.

you could start at the trail head, but instead follow the gps track down past the bathroom on the road.

there is another side entrance with more views of the water. so this will have you do the trail in a clockwise loop, at some points in this loop you have to double back to complete the loop.

road view past the restrooms, continue here to enter the secret path with more views by the water

road view past the restroom area. keep walking past this to get to the secret trail.

this is the secret trail entry point.

hard to find, it is overgrown.

great view of the potomac river

this is also a popular fishing point

a bit messy however.

this is a side hike to the cannons...

you have to backtrack a bit from the water to find the entry point, but you can spot the overgrown trail here.

have to go a little uphill, then you will be on the outer cannons trail

numerous cannons, cannon emplacements, and bunkers here

heres a locked bunker (can you find it?) it has a grate on it, and is the ammo storage bunker. its in a mound so you cant see it like the others. (its at the mound at the end of the last emplacements).

shine a flash light in there for a picture.

this is a walk downhill towards the water. theres a concrete table to the left, and a building at the bottom of this downhill slope.

also theres some anchor blocks along the way. the trail is a bit steep and lots of fallen trees in the way.

this is an old building (with lots of assorted graffiti artists known here).

worth the hike down to here, has some great water views.

down the long walk here, this leads you to another water view, and a view of the far city and the bridge.

road ends here, continue on the trail

great water view of the bridge and far city of alexandria.

could watch sunset from here too