Historical Marker
Klingle Valley Trail
Historical marker location:
2601 Klingle Road Northwest, Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Klingle Road Northwest west of Porter Street Northwest.)
Marker installed: 2017
Rock Creek Park. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
The District was originally much larger: The District of Columbia originally included land from both Maryland and Virginia, but in 1846, the portion of the District that had been taken from Virginia was returned to the state.