Friday Morning Coffee Outside DC at The Great Eskape
You must bring water and a mug for yourself and we always welcome extra camp stoves and brewing apparatuses.
Coffee Outside is non-exclusive, open, and free morning ritual.
Coffee grinds are provided free of charge by Team Great Eskape and Zeke’s Coffee DC.
This is not a sponsored or guided event, and there is no fee or registration, you do not need to be part of our or any other club - it’s just something that we do for fun and we love it when our friends (new or old!) join us, so you have to accept full responsibility for your safety and comfort.
Video by Francis Tatem
When and Where…
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The ORIGINAL Coffee Outside DC Ride: Great Eskape takes our Coffee Outside to the banks of the Potomac River on alternating Friday morning from late March to early November around 7am.
We meet at 7:00 am every other Friday at the Key Bridge Boathouse, near the old Alexandria Aqueduct ruins at the Capital Crescent Trail Head. We take a short, mixed surfaces ride out to the Great Eskape club house overlooking the Potomac River. If you know where to find it you can also meet us there. 7:05 am roll from the Georgetown Capital Crescent Trailhead in Georgetown.The ride is about 3.5 miles with 1 mile being gravel surface. We usually go with tire widths of at least 30mm for travel on the C&O gravel trail. Route here: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45821839
We tend to enjoy our coffee until about 8:30 am. In the event of heavy rain, storms, extreme cold, or high water levels #CoffeeOutsideDC will be moved to an alternate location. We will announce location changes on our Instagram and to the coffee outside email list.
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New for 2024, on alternating Friday mornings Great Eskape joins Upshift DC for Coffee Outside Rock Creek Park and Picnic area 4.
Meet directly at the picnic area 4 at 7:30 AM. Optional ride afterwards. Updates are posted by Upshift Workshop (@upshift_dc) - Instagram.
2024 Coffee Outside Dates
JUL 19: Rock Creek Park
JUL 26: Chesapeak and Ohio Canal
AUG 2: Rock Creek Park
AUG 9: Chesapeak and Ohio Canal
AUG 16: Rock Creek Park
AUG 23: Chesapeak and Ohio Canal
AUG 30: Rock Creek Park
SEP 6: Chesapeak and Ohio Canal
SEP 13: Rock Creek Park
SEP 20: Chesapeak and Ohio Canal
SEP 27: Rock Creek Park
OCT 4: Chesapeak and Ohio Canal
OCT 11: Rock Creek Park
OCT 18: Chesapeak and Ohio Canal
OCT 25: Rock Creek Park
NOV 1: Chesapeak and Ohio Canal
NOV 8: Rock Creek Park
NOV: 15: Chesapeak and Ohio Canal
NOV 22: TBD
#COFFEEOUTSIDE at the Great Eskape Cafe is one of our most cherished and longest standing traditions.