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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 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 ]
website, 25 acres, operated by the county, adjacent to 700-acre Pohick Stream Valley Park: Norma Hoffman Visitors Center at Huntley Meadows: Hybla Valley: Fairfax: Northern: Over 1,500 acres, operated by the county, visitor center includes an auditorium and museum space with exhibits, nature and history programs James River State Park ...
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]
Points of interest on or near the parkway are Mount Vernon Plantation, Huntley Meadows Park, P. O. Box 1142, Fort Hunt Park, Dyke Marsh, Hunting Creek, Jones Point, and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Although designated as part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Washington Street in Alexandria still belongs to and is maintained by the City ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Meadows in the United States" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... Huntley Meadows Park; J. Jewell Meadows Wildlife ...
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.