72 Trails in Fairfax County, Virginia

Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area difficulty 10.0 Sumerduck
Red Rock Regional Park difficulty 2.0 Leesburg
Mason Neck State Park difficulty 3.0 Lorton
Beavertale Trail difficulty 1.1 Rockville
Quantico West (Quantico Trail) difficulty 14.0 Quantico
Watts Branch Forest Preserve difficulty 1.0 Rockville
James Long Regional Park difficulty 4.0 Haymarket
495 Downhill difficulty 0.0 Annandale
Section 7 difficulty 6.5 Fairfax County
Northwest Branch Trail difficulty 4.0 Silver spring
495 Jump Trail Easiest difficulty 3 **** Annandale / Fairfax
Prince William Forest Park Easiest difficulty 6.0 * Triangle
River Road Dirt Section Easiest difficulty 5.0 **** Poolesville
The Greens Easiest difficulty 6.0 * Aldie
Wilde Lake Easiest difficulty 4.0 ** Columbia
South Run Valley Stream Easiest difficulty 15.0 **** Fairfax
Washington and Old Dominion Trail Easiest difficulty 90.0 *** Northern Virginia
C&O Canal Easiest difficulty 183.0 *** Washington
Lake Elkhorn, Columbia Easiest difficulty 6.0 *** Columbia
Burke Lake Easiest difficulty 4 *** Burke
Hoyles Mill Connector Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Germantown
The Grant Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Ashburn
Clopper Lake (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Germantown
Elizabeth Mills Riverfront Park Trail Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Leesburg
Cosca Regional Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Clinton
Pepco Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** North Potomac
Lake Needwood Trails Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Rockville
Ten Mile Creek (Black Hill Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Boyds
Creekside Trail (Little falls park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Bethesda
Little Bennett Regional Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Clarksburg
Doncaster Demonstration Forest Beginner difficulty 20.0 *** La Plata
Centennial Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Ellicott City
Fort Circle Trail / Fort Dupont Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Washington
Centerville Power Lines Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Centerville
Horsepen Run / Algoinkian Park Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Sterling
Difficult Run Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Fairfax County
Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Gaithersburg
Black Hill Regional Park Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Germantown
L. F. Cosca Regional Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Clinton
Laurel Hill Park Beginner difficulty 9.0 **** Lorton
Two Creeks Trail Area Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Leesburg
Lake Accotink Network Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Springfield
Meadowood Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Lorton
Colvin Run Trail Beginner difficulty 4.0 **** Reston
Seneca Creek State Park Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Germantown
Beaver Dam Reservoir Beginner difficulty 2 ** Ashburn
Conway Robinson State Forest Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Gainseville
Gilbert Run Park Intermediate difficulty 3.0 *** La Plata
Fox Mill District Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Reston
Muddy Branch Greenway Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Darnestown

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