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This is a list of Parks in Fairfax County, Virginia. Pages in category "Parks in Fairfax County, Virginia" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
In 1986, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors sought to exercise greater control over the county's parks. [21] Faced with the potential loss of the Park Authority's charter, the Park Authority Board voted 5–3 in April 1986 to give up its power to appoint its employees and enter into contracts to the county Board of Supervisors. [ 21 ]
Hidden Oaks Nature Center: Annandale: Fairfax: Northern: website, operated by the County in the 52-acre Annandale District Park Hidden Pond Nature Center: Springfield: Fairfax: Northern: website, 25 acres, operated by the county, adjacent to 700-acre Pohick Stream Valley Park: Norma Hoffman Visitors Center at Huntley Meadows: Hybla Valley ...
The Fairfax County Park Authority maintains parks and recreation centers through the county. There are also two national protected areas that are inside the county at least in part, including Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge , George Washington Memorial Parkway , and Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts .
NOVA Parks presently operates 34 regional parks. A 12-member policy-making Board governs NOVA Parks. The city council or county board of each member jurisdiction appoints two representatives to the Board. Three counties (Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun) and three cities (Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax) currently have representation on the ...
The Audrey Moore RECenter (originally known as the Wakefield Recreation Center [45] when it opened in 1977), located in Wakefield Park (now within the Wakefield CDP), houses an indoor pool measuring 76,000 square feet (7,100 m 2) in size and a 50m x 25yd pool. The REC center offers more than 40 group fitness classes each week. [46]
Huntley Meadows Park, the largest park operated by the Fairfax County Park Authority (1,452 acres or 588 hectares), is located in the Hybla Valley area of Fairfax County, Virginia, south of the city of Alexandria. The park features a visitor center, a beaver-created wetland with boardwalk, wildlife observation platforms, and an interpretative ...
The Bull Run-Occoquan Trail begins (or ends) in this park, and continues upstream through Hemlock Overlook Regional Park to Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville.. The park's unique feature for Northern Virginia is the 10.9 miles (17.5 km) mountain biking trail which was improved and rehabilitated by the Fountainhead Project, funded by a grant, local and state government resources along with ...