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Pohick Bay Regional Park is a regional park on Pohick Bay of the Potomac River, in Fairfax County, in Northern Virginia. Geography
Several other parks, including Mason Neck State Park, Pohick Bay Regional Park, and the Jackson Miles Abbott Wetland Refuge are located nearby. The refuge was established in 1979 to protect sensitive wetlands and wildlife habitats associated with Accotink Bay and to provide opportunities for environmental education and low-intensity recreation.
This, along with Mason Neck State Park and Pohick Bay Regional Park, provides a variety of recreational activities while preserving the land's natural resources. During the 1980s, the Lynch family traded Fairfax County officials their Mason Neck land holdings in exchange for 900 acres (360 ha) of land near the Lorton Prison.
NOVA Parks (formerly named Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority) is an inter-jurisdictional organization that owns and operates more than 10,000 acres of woodlands, streams, parks, trails, nature reserves, countryside and historic sites in Northern Virginia in the United States.
Strip park area (<1000 foot (300 m) width for more than 1/2 mile (800 m)) and public utility land (reservoirs) are excluded. Much of the 72,500 acres (293 km 2 ) Aberdeen Proving Grounds , Maryland. and 56,000 acres (230 km 2 ) Quantico Marine Base , Virginia [ 4 ] are undeveloped, and constitute the largest such areas within 30 miles (48 km ...
Lake Braddock (Pohick #7) was the first dam built in 1970, and impounds the Pohick Creek in Burke. Huntsman Lake (Pohick #8) was built in 1973, and impounds the Middle Run in Springfield. Lake Royal (Pohick #4) was completed in 1977, and impounds the Rabbit Branch in Burke above its confluence with the Sideburn Branch, where it forms Pohick Creek.
Pirates Cove, a bay and a clothing-optional beach in San Luis Obispo County, California; Pirates Cove, Florida, an unincorporated community on Sugarloaf Key; Pirates Cove Waterpark, a water park in Arapahoe County, Colorado; Pirate's Cove Waterpark at Pohick Bay, in Virginia; Pirate Cove, an area developed as a fish station on Popof Island, Alaska
Pohick is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Pohick is centered between the intersections of Rolling and Telegraph Roads with Richmond Highway (U.S. Highway 1). It is adjacent to the communities of Lorton and Newington. Pohick takes its name from Pohick Church which in turn is named for Pohick Creek.