35 Trails in Fairfax, Virginia

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Fountainhead Regional Park Intermediate difficulty 13.0 ***** Fairfax
2. Wakefield Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Annandale
3. Lake Fairfax Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Reston
4. Lake Accotink Network Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Springfield
5. Colvin Run Trail Beginner difficulty 4.0 **** Reston
6. Schaeffer Farms Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Germantown
7. Meadowood Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Lorton
8. Difficult Run Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Fairfax County
9. Laurel Hill Park Beginner difficulty 9.0 **** Lorton
10. Fox Mill District Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Reston
11. South Germantown Pump Track Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Germantown
12. Muddy Branch Greenway Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Darnestown
13. Ronald C. McDonnell Campground Loop Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Bethesda
14. Seneca Bluffs Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Darnestown
15. Seneca Ridge Trail (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Germantown
16. C&O Canal Easiest difficulty 183.0 *** Washington
17. Folkstone Park Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ** Herndon
18. Cabin John Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Bethesda
19. River Road Dirt Section Easiest difficulty 5.0 **** Poolesville
20. Mill Creek Park Dirt Jumps Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Annandale
21. Great Falls National Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mclean
22. Bull Run Occoquan Trail Advanced difficulty 12.0 **** Fairfax Station
23. Centerville Power Lines Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Centerville
24. Two Creeks Trail Area Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Leesburg
25. Burke Lake Easiest difficulty 4 *** Burke
26. 495 Jump Trail Easiest difficulty 3 **** Annandale / Fairfax
27. Copper Creek Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Herndon
28. South Run Valley Stream Easiest difficulty 15.0 **** Fairfax
29. Creekside Trail (Little falls park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Bethesda
30. Horsepen Run / Algoinkian Park Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Sterling
31. Beaver Dam Reservoir Beginner difficulty 2 ** Ashburn
32. Loughborough mill Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ** Bethesda
33. Mason Neck State Park  difficulty 3.0 Lorton
34. 495 Downhill  difficulty 0.0 Annandale
35. Section 7  difficulty 6.5 Fairfax County

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