Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail

Animal Challenge! Let us know how many you get correct! buff.ly/EkF0zIm

No bones about it, we’re dying to improve the trail. 💀✂️🎃 Our volunteers are cutting back invasive vegetation, clearing the trail, and giving the Mount Vernon Trail some much-needed TLC. 👻 Join an upcoming volunteer event! buff.ly/5NO0slg

Thank you @visitdelray for hosting the 30th Annual Del Ray Halloween Parade! We got 1st place for the Best Team Award in the dog contest for our gnome inspired costume. We loved having everyone cheer us on in the @bunchbike.com! 🌻🪴🪏

Trust us, we CAN see everything! Join us for an upcoming volunteer event, we won't deceive you: buff.ly/GdPgcVb

Reminder to spectators of the @marinecorpsmarathon, we love the creative signs, but discarded signs become trash that we sometimes find on the trail or in the woods. We found this discarded sign in the woods 2 months after the race last year! 🪧 Cheer loudly. Just don't leave your signs behind!

To whoever stole our package, we hope you're planning to be a FoMVT Volunteer Leader for Halloween. 🎃 Safety vest? ✅ Loppers? ✅ Purple shirt? ✅ Emotional support beaver? ✅ Now all you need is 20 volunteers to supervise and 200 pounds of trash to pick up. See you on the trail! 🦫 buff.ly/GdPgcVb

We need help this weekend improving the trail! 📅 Saturday Oct 24 ⌚ 10am 📍 Gravelly Point 🎟️ buff.ly/cF2PRwW

We need volunteers this weekend at Gravelly Point! Come join and make the trail a better place. 📅 Saturday October 24 ⌚ 10am 🎟️ buff.ly/cF2PRwW

Saturday we had an amazing day for a trash cleanup. We had 46 volunteers pick up 89 bags that weighed 687 pounds! Not bad for 2 hours of volunteering. Sign up for an upcoming volunteer event to help us keep improving the trail: buff.ly/nS7ESti

Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail > candy corn. It’s just a fact. We don’t make the rules. 😎 Help us keep the equation working: volunteer or donate at MountVernonTrail.org. 🌳🚲💜

Amazing what a little wipe of the camera can do! Donate to help us keep improving the trail: mountvernontrail.org/donate

English ivy may look nice, but when it climbs trees it can smother native vegetation, add weight to branches, and compete with trees for resources. Come channel your inner Sanderson sister and help us give invasive plants the BOOOO-t. Find an upcoming volunteer event at buff.ly/5NO0slg

🥠 We cracked open a fortune cookie and things got weirdly specific… Apparently, your future includes fresh air, new friends, and making the Mount Vernon Trail a little better than you found it. We don’t make the fortunes. We just follow them. 🔮 Fulfil your destiny at: buff.ly/8FqBLcY

We need all the hands this weekend near Marina Towers! Register to attend here: buff.ly/lMfyKfw

📣 MEGA TRASH BASH – October 17 🎉 We’re teaming up with @potomacconservancy @potomac_riverkeeper_network @mountvernontrail @4mrconservatory to give our trails and rivers a glow-up. ✨ 📍 Marina Towers 🗓 Oct 17 ⏰ 10:00 am Register here buff.ly/31Zam5J

Join us this Saturday for the Mega Trash Bash at Marina Towers. Last time we were at this location we picked up over 1,000 pounds of trash. 🗑️ ♻️ 📅 Saturday October 17 ⌚ 10am 🎟️ buff.ly/31Zam5J

Come see us at Paws in the Park on Sunday, October 11 from 11am-4pm at Oronoco Bay Park and make your pup an official Mount Vernon Trail B.A.R.K. Ranger! 🐶🌳@alexanimals @usbarkrangers #PawsInTheParkVA #USBarkRangers

PHOTOS!! Iconic Mount Vernon Trail inducted into Rails to Trails Hall of Fame thezebra.org/2026/10/09/i...

It's happening! 🍂 🍂🍂 buff.ly/vJstPkA

📣 MEGA TRASH BASH – October 17 🎉 We’re teaming up with Potomac Conservancy, Four Mile Run Conservancy, and Potomac Riverkeeper Network to give our trails and rivers a glow-up. ✨ 📍 Marina Towers 🗓 Oct 17 ⏰ 10:00 am Register here: buff.ly/31Zam5J

Found these photos of Gravelly Point from 1973 and… honestly, not much has changed. Bikes. Picnics. Planes directly over your head. ✈️ Some traditions are worth keeping. Am I right, @reagan_airport?

🍂 The weather is changing, and so is the trail wardrobe. Cooler mornings and crisp fall miles are here, which means it’s officially time to trade the summer tee for some sleeves. 🍁🚲🏃 Rep your favorite trail while helping support the Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail. 🛍️ Shop at buff.ly/tGX8Xqf

You’re invited to join @railstotrails and the Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail in celebrating the induction of the Mount Vernon Trail into the Trail Hall of Fame. There will be VIP remarks as well as limited edition Trail Hall of Fame swag. Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026 10:30 a.m. buff.ly/HeCflME

Modern beauty standards are getting out of hand because why is this beaver absolutely serving Potomac River Radiance 💅🦫✨ Want to get the look? Skip Sephora. Volunteer with us. 💅🌿 buff.ly/penkOnu

We have a packed October schedule. 🍂 🎃 Highlights include multiple volunteer events, selling BARK Ranger tags at @alexanimals Paws in the Park, our annual Mega Trash Bash, and a @oldtownmysteries book fundraiser at @portcitybrew Follow us to keep up to date on upcoming events and more!

We need volunteers this weekend in @rosslynva. Come out and improve the trail. 🎟️ buff.ly/2VGsgmr

We collected 95lbs of trash in just 1 hour with the @oldtownnorthrunning club. What a great way to improve the trail and get some exercise all in one night. Thanks to everyone who came out and put in the work! @otnalliance Enjoy picking up trash? Check out an upcoming event: buff.ly/y7IW3ad

We need volunteers this Saturday in @rosslynva Come out and help improve the trail. 📅 Saturday Oct 3 ⌚ 9am 🎟️ buff.ly/2VGsgmr

SATURN SAID: LOOK AT ME 🪐 She’s at opposition. She’s bright. She’s serving rings. And yes, there is a viewing party about it. 🔭✨ Come hang with us at Fort Hunt Park and get an up-close look at the solar system’s biggest show-off. 🪐 Sunday, October 4 🪐 8pm buff.ly/HLf9LQA