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Great Falls Park is a small National Park Service (NPS) site in Virginia, United States. Situated on 800 acres (3.2 km 2 ) along the banks of the Potomac River in northern Fairfax County , the park is a disconnected but integral part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway . [ 1 ]
The Difficult Run trail enters Great Falls Park and offers views of the Potomac River and Great Falls. The trail is 4.9 miles roundtrip and is estimated to take 2.5 hours. [7] The various trails of Great Falls National Park (Ridge trail, Matildaville trail, Swamp trail, and Old Carriage Road) are also accessible from this hike.
passes required only for Great Falls Tavern area; passes valid at Great Falls Park: Washington D.C. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: Maryland: $15 per-person Adams National Historical Park: Massachusetts: $15 per-person Cape Cod National Seashore: Massachusetts: $25 per-vehicle Isle Royale National Park: Michigan: $7 per-person
The mayor has touted the Great Falls park — including pending plans for a $24 million visitor center and $14 million parking garage — as the centerpiece of his vision for revitalizing Paterson.
PATERSON — Construction on the expansion of the Great Falls National Historical Park has paused during the winter as government officials hold private meetings about the dangers posed by ...
The George Washington Memorial Parkway, colloquially the G.W. Parkway, [3] [4] is a 25-mile-long (40 km) limited-access parkway that runs along the south bank of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, Virginia, northwest to McLean, Virginia, and is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS).
Waste disposal bags and garbage cans are readily available, and drinking fountains for both dogs and humans is also in place at the dog park. The Great Falls City Commission approved the creation ...
Great Falls Park as seen from Spruce Street. The Great Falls hydroelectric plant has three Kaplan type turbines with a total capacity of 10.95 Mwe. Flow through each turbine is 710 cfs, with a total flow of 2,130 cfs, 1,377 MGD. Three 8.5' diameter penstocks feed the turbines, with a velocity 12.5 ft/sec and 8.5 mph.