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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 two parcels of original Mason land were used for farming in the early 20th century. After having been reassembled and years of being used for light industrial purposes, much of the land was sold by the Interior Department to Fairfax County in 1975 for park purposes. It is now part of Huntley Meadows Park. A boardwalk was built for access to ...
Huntley, also known as Historic Huntley or Huntley Hall is an early 19th-century Federal-style villa and farm [3] in the Hybla Valley area of Fairfax County, Virginia. [3] The house sits on a hill overlooking Huntley Meadows Park to the south.
Located south of the city of Alexandria, it encompasses numerous neighborhoods including Groveton, Bucknell Manor, Stoneybrooke, and portions of Hollin Hills. Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax County's largest park, is located in the southwest part of the CDP.
The Hayfield Farm Community of Alexandria, Virginia was developed in 1965 by Wills & Van Metre. Hayfield Farm is a subdivision of Fairfax County, Virginia, that has around 690 houses. [1] It is surrounded by Huntley Meadows Park and wooded military facilities.
The headwaters of Little Hunting Creek begin in Huntley Meadows Park on the west side of U.S. Route 1, [11] about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of the Potomac River entrance to the creek. The creek is fed by three major tributaries. [ 11 ]
This vast area would become the Huntley Meadows Park when it was formally deeded to the county the following year. By 1986, the authority had 342 parks and 14,360 acres under its control. [20] [21] In 1986, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors sought to exercise greater control over the county's parks. [21]
Hybla Valley (/ h aɪ b l ə /) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of Alexandria.The population was 15,801 at the 2010 census, [3] down from 16,721 in 2000 due to a reduction in area, resulting from some of the eastward neighborhoods including much of Hollin Hills being moved to the Fort Hunt CDP. [1]