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The authority gained control over the disused Fort Belvoir reservoir in March 1960 when it was awarded a 25-year lease to operate the 242-acre site as a public park and recreation facility. [7] The lake was renamed Lake Accotink. Appointed in November 1961, Joseph Brown became the second director of the Fairfax County Park authority in January ...
The summary data (e.g. the number of park users, demographics, frequency by activity types) obtained using SOPARC is easily understood by practitioners, policymakers, and the public. SOPARC has been adapted to numerous studies to understand the role of park conditions on park use, compare park data, and inform park system planning and ...
The park offers many recreation facilities, including miniature golf, a carousel, a miniature train, an ice cream parlor, a fishing pier, campgrounds, and numerous playgrounds and picnic areas. [2] Around the lake is a 4.68 mile (7.53 km) unpaved trail that is suitable for both cyclists and pedestrians.
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Eakin Community Park is a 57-acre (23 ha) county park in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is managed by the Fairfax County Park Authority. The park runs roughly northwest to southeast along Accotink Creek. The northwest corner is bordered by Pickett Road and Arlington Boulevard, and the southeast corner is bordered by Woodburn Road.
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Fairfax is located close to the geographic center of Fairfax County, at (38.852612, −77.304377 According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16.3 km 2 ), of which all but 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2 ) is land.
The Packard Center opened in June 2018, [1] and was named after Jean R. Packard, an environmental activist and the former chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, as well as a long time NOVA Parks board member. She died in 2014. For sports recreation it has a paved bicycle path, a 5 km loop trail, athletic fields and a public marina.