Blagden Avenue Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluates the potential impacts from the construction of a hiker/biker trail along Blagden Avenue between Matthewson Drive and Beach Drive within Rock Creek Park, north central Washington, DC.

The proposed trail would allow safe pedestrian and bicycle access to Rock Creek Park and associated facilities, including the Valley Trail and the bike and foot trails that run throughout Rock Creek Park. Rock Creek Park is an administrative unit of the National Park Service (NPS).

Three alternatives are evaluated in this EA: the No Build Alternative, and two Build Alternatives: the North of Blagden Alternative, and the South of Blagden Alternative.

Impacts for the Build Alternatives are minimal. Although no trees will be directly impacted during construction of the North of Blagden Alternative, there is potential for some indirect impacts to trees due to the earthwork associated with trail construction. There are no potential direct or indirect impacts of the South of Blagden Alternative.