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LOOK Birders are flocking to Northern Virginia. Huntley Meadows Park — This 1,500-acre park is well known for over 200 species that live in its mixed hardwood forests, meadows, and wetlands. The park’s Youth Birding Club educates, encourages, and enables our youth to become informed conservationists and aspiring birders. Mason Neck State Park — The nation’s first refuge for the American Bald Eagle and the only one of its kind in the Capital Region, Mason Neck offers fantastic birding as well as guided canoe trips. Visitors also spot herons, wood thrushes, and more than 210 other bird species. Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve at Belle Haven — This lovely preserve lies along the Potomac River and is a 485-acre freshwater tidal wetland. One of the largest wetlands in the entire region, Dyke Marsh is home to roughly 225 bird species and offers up-close looks at waterfowl, warblers, and hummingbirds. It is the only known breeding site for Marsh Wrens in Northern Virginia. Riverbend Park — Riverbend’s varied habitat allows for a diverse selection of bird life and has birding activity all year long. At last count, Riverbend’s Bird Checklist totaled 191 species of birds observed in the park. In recent years, Snowy Owls have made their way to Riverbend, along with Bald Eagles, warblers, and even American Woodcocks. Great Falls Park — This 800-acre national park has a 15-mile trail network. It’s considered a hotspot for warblers, but you’ll also see woodpeckers, goldfinches, and sometimes Tundra Swans. Visitors can get a free list of the over 160 species of bird that have been seen there. Pohick Bay Regional Park — Pohick Bay shelters an abundance of birds, including the American Bald Eagle. Expect to see blue birds, ospreys, and herons along with deer, beavers, and rare sightings of river otters. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens — The wooded areas and field edges of these stunning gardens provide great opportunities to catch spring migrants. Meadowlark also offers an exceptional view of the region’s famous cherry blossoms when they bloom each year. Burke Lake Park — With its ample foliage and abundant water, Burke Lake offers outstanding bird sightings, including beauties such as the Blue Heron and the Tufted Titmouse. For more information, visit fxva.com WHERE YOUR BIRD WATCHING ADVENTURES TAKE FLIGHT. Fairfax County delivers when it comes to variety in bird species in its great parks, marshes, and gardens. Due to Northern Virginia’s location along the “Atlantic Flyway,” millions of birds of prey, songbirds, and a variety of waterfowl travel through the area each spring and fall, and many birds winter here. From the nation’s first bald eagle refuge to a stunning marshland set along acres of forest, Fairfax County provides superb bird-watching for advanced birders and P ot newcomers alike. om a c R iv er 15 LOUDOUN COUNTY 286 MARARRYYLANDL 6 495 POINTS OF INTEREST Dulles Acce Geor ss & ge W • To s a WASHINGTON DULLES ll Road sh F 267 ing a ton INTERNATIONAL i M 1. Bull Run Regional Park 4 r f AIRPORT a x e 11 m 286 C o o WASHINGTON, DC r u ia 2. Burke Lake Park n l t P y a r P kw a ay r k 3. Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve w a y 12 ARLINGTON 4. Frying Pan Farm Park COUNTY 66 5. Fountainhead Regional Park 16 RONALD REAGAN F 6. Great Falls Park a WASHINGTON ir f a NATIONAL x C AIRPORT o 286 7. Hemlock Overlook Regional Park 66 28 u ALEXANDRIA n ty P a 395 r 495 8. Huntley Meadows Park 1 kw 9 ay 9. Lake Accotink P 2 o t 3 o 10. Mason Neck State Park m a c 8 7 R 11. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens i v e r 12. Nottoway Park PRINCE WILLIAM 95 COUNTY 5 13. Pohick Bay Regional Park 17 14. Occoquan Regional Park 14 15. Riverbend Park 13 16. Roundtree Park 17. Sandy Run Regional Park 10 Potomac River “ALL GOOD THINGS ARE WILD AND FREE.” – HENRY DAVID THOREAU.

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Northern Virginia

NORTHERN VIRGINIA SALAMANDER RESORT & SPA Middleburg WHAT’S NEW American soldiers in the U.S. Army helped create our nation and maintain its freedom, so it’s only fitting that a museum near the U.S. capital should showcase their history. The National Museum of the United States Army, the only museum to cover the entire history of the Army, opened on Veterans Day 2020. Exhibits include hundreds of artifacts, life-sized scenes re- creating historic battles, stories of individual soldiers, a 300-degree theater with sensory elements, and an experiential learning center. Learn and honor. ASK A LOCAL SPITE HOUSE Alexandria “Small downtown charm with all the activities of a larger city: Manassas DID YOU KNOW? is steeped in history and We’ve all wanted to do it – something spiteful that didn’t make sense but, adventure for travelers. DOWNTOWN by golly, it proved a point! In 1830, Alexandria row-house owner John MANASSAS With an active railway Hollensbury built a seven-foot-wide house in an alley next to his home just system, it’s easy for to spite the horse-drawn wagons and loiterers who kept invading the alley. visitors to enjoy the historic area while also One brick wall in the living room even has marks from wagon-wheel hubs. traveling to Washington, D.C., or Richmond The two-story Spite House is only 25 feet deep and 325 square feet, but on an Amtrak train or daily commuter rail.” NORTHERN — Debbie Haight, Historic Manassas, Inc. VIRGINIA delightfully spiteful! INSTAGRAM- HIDDEN GEM PET- WORTHY The menu at Sperryville FRIENDLY You’ll start snapping Trading Company With a name pictures the moment features favorite like Beer Hound you arrive at the breakfast and lunch Brewery, you know classic hunt-country comfort foods: sausage it must be dog exterior of the gravy and biscuits, steak friendly.
Best Parks and Places

Best Parks and Places If you’ve read Northern VA – What and Why, you know this area is one of the best in the country for dragonfly watching. Reviewing Habitat Tips will give you an idea of what makes good dragonfly habitat and the secrets to finding them. Maybe you’ve already found a great dragonfly park or natural area in your neighborhood, or have a list of rivers, ponds and meadows you’re excited to visit and explore. Following is a list of parks and places in Northern VA I consider some of the best sites for watching dragonflies. I’m sure I’ve missed many excellent sites, and encourage you to add to my list with your own explorations and favorite places. I’ve also purposefully left off a few sites due to issues with public access, property ownership, and/or fragile ecosystems with especially vulnerable flora and fauna. Please remember, wherever you explore, tread with respect and long-term conservation in mind. Let’s be stewards first, and collectors, photographers and listers second. Get to Know Your Community I live in Reston and have been impressed and excited to find 40 species within its borders! I’m sure thorough searches by fellow dedicated dragonfly geeks in and around other Northern VA communities could find similar results. Leesburg, Vienna, McLean, Quantico, Dumfries – every town has its hidden watershed jewels and biodiversity reservoirs. Sometimes it’s a wooded hillside and tiny stream system behind the local soccer field, maybe a protected natural area on the edge of your HOA with a marshy seep, or perhaps an unexplored swampy corner of some park or military base – see what secrets you can uncover.
Ellanor C. Lawrence Park Master Plan

Fairfax County Park Authority Established in 1950, the Fairfax County Park Authority Planning and Development Division is charged by the Board of Supervisors with a dual 12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 406 mission to set aside public spaces for and assist Fairfax, Virginia 22035 citizens in the protection and enhancement of environmental values, diversity of natural habitats Ellanor C. Lawrence Park and cultural heritage to guarantee that these 5040 Walney Road resources will be available to both present and Chantilly, Virginia 20151 future generations; and to create and sustain quality facilities and services which offer citizens Media/Public Inquiries opportunities for recreation, improvement of their [email protected] physical and mental wellbeing, and enhancement of their quality of life. For more information, visit Cover Image: Walney Pond, Ellanor C. Lawrence Park www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks. Park Authority Board Senior Staff Chairman Executive Director William G. Bouie, Hunter Mill District Kirk W. Kincannon, CPRP Vice Chair Deputy Director, Chief of Operations Mary D. Cortina, At-Large Member Sara Baldwin Secretary Deputy Director, Chief of Business Development Michael W. Thompson, Jr., Springfield District Aimee L. Vosper Treasurer Planning and Development Division Linwood Gorham, Mount Vernon District David Bowden, Director Park Services Division Walter Alcorn, At-Large Member Barbara Nugent, Director Dr. Cynthia Jacobs Carter, Lee District Marguerite F. Godbold, Sully District Resource Management Division Timothy B. Hackman, Dranesville District Cindy Walsh, Director Faisal Khan, At-Large Member Ken Quincy, Providence District Park Operations Division Ronald J. Kendall, Mason District Todd Brown, Director Anthony Vellucci, Braddock District Public Information Officer Judith Pedersen Master Planning Team Ryan J.
River Watch Spring 2010

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Camping Places (Campsites and Cabins) with Carderock Springs As

Camping places (campsites and cabins) With Carderock Springs as the center of the universe, here are a variety of camping locations in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware. A big round of applause to Carderock’s Eric Nothman for putting this list together, doing a lot of research so the rest of us can spend more time camping! CAMPING in Maryland 1) Marsden Tract - 5 mins - (National Park Service) - C&O canal Mile 11 (1/2 mile above Carderock) three beautiful group campsites on the Potomac. Reservations/permit required. Max 20 to 30 people each. C&O canal - hiker/biker campsites (no permit needed - all are free!) about every five miles starting from Swains Lock to Cumberland. Campsites all the way to Paw Paw, WV (about 23 sites) are within 2 hrs drive. Three private campgrounds (along the canal) have cabins. Some sections could be traveled by canoe on the Potomac (canoe camping). Closest: Swains Lock - 10 mins - 5 individual tent only sites (one isolated - take path up river) - all close to parking lot. First come/first serve only. Parking fills up on weekends by 8am. Group Campsites are located at McCoy's Ferry, Fifteen Mile Creek, Paw Paw Tunnel, and Spring Gap. They are $20 per site, per night with a maximum of 35 people. Six restored Lock-houses - (several within a few miles of Carderock) - C&O Canal Trust manages six restored Canal Lock-houses for nightly rental (some with heat, water, A/C). 2) Cabin John Regional Park - 10 mins - 7 primitive walk-in sites. Pit toilets, running water.
Department of Public Works and Environmental Services Working for You!

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Digital State Publications Depository Shipping List Number 106 Monographs Cataloged During November 2016 Distributed December 1, 2016 Total Titles 21 + 16 + 19

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Scenic Landforms of Virginia

Vol. 34 August 1988 No. 3 SCENIC LANDFORMS OF VIRGINIA Harry Webb . Virginia has a wide variety of scenic landforms, such State Highway, SR - State Road, GWNF.R(T) - George as mountains, waterfalls, gorges, islands, water and Washington National Forest Road (Trail), JNFR(T) - wind gaps, caves, valleys, hills, and cliffs. These land- Jefferson National Forest Road (Trail), BRPMP - Blue forms, some with interesting names such as Hanging Ridge Parkway mile post, and SNPMP - Shenandoah Rock, Devils Backbone, Striped Rock, and Lovers Leap, National Park mile post. range in elevation from Mt. Rogers at 5729 feet to As- This listing is primarily of those landforms named on sateague and Tangier islands near sea level. Two nat- topographic maps. It is hoped that the reader will advise ural lakes occur in Virginia, Mountain Lake in Giles the Division of other noteworthy landforms in the st& County and Lake Drummond in the City of Chesapeake. that are not mentioned. For those features on private Gaps through the mountains were important routes for land always obtain the owner's permission before vis- early settlers and positions for military movements dur- iting. Some particularly interesting features are de- ing the Civil War. Today, many gaps are still important scribed in more detail below. locations of roads and highways. For this report, landforms are listed alphabetically Dismal Swamp (see Chesapeake, City of) by county or city. Features along county lines are de- The Dismal Swamp, located in southeastern Virginia, scribed in only one county with references in other ap- is about 10 to 11 miles wide and 15 miles long, and propriate counties.
Area Votes for Obama, Kaine, House Incumbents News, Page 3

BurkeBurke Wellbeing Page 10 SpookySpooky StringsStrings Follow on Twitter: @BurkeConnection on Twitter: Follow News,News, PagePage 77 Strings teacher Stephanie “Transylvania” Trachtenberg with performers Rachel Eom and Jas- mine Gao in the 33rd annual Spooky Strings Concert at White Oaks Elementary School in Burke on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Classified, Page 18 Classified, ❖ Sports, Page 17 ❖ Fairfax Votes ‘Yes’ Entertainment, Page 14 On Bond Package News, Page 8 Area Votes for Obama, Kaine, House Incumbents News, Page 3 Photo by Eric Piccirelli www.ConnectionNewspapers.comNovember 8—14, 2012 online at www.connectionnewspapers.comBurke Connection ❖ November 8-14, 2012 ❖ 1 THE NUTCRACKER presented by The Burke Civic Ballet SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS, Sharon Wehner and Koichi Kubo, Principals with the Colorado Ballet will perform Sugar Plum and Cavalier Order online at www.buffas.com Saturday, November 17th at 2:00 & 6:00 p.m. & Sunday, November 18th at 1:00 & 5:00 p.m. NVCC- Annandale Campus Adults - $27 • Children/Seniors - $20 For organized groups (10+) and ticket questions, e-mail [email protected] 2 ❖ Burke Connection ❖ November 8-14, 2012, 2008 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Burke Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic News 703-778-9414 or [email protected] Photo by Deb Cobb/The Connection Photo Photo by Deb Cobb/The Connection Photo Reaction to the announcement that President Barack Obama has been re- U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11) helps a Greenspring resident find elec- elected at the Fairfax County Democrats Victory Party on Nov. 6. tion officials at the Greenspring Polling Station to determine whether he can vote in the election.
2013 Stormwater Status Report

2013 Fairfax County � STORMWATER STATUS REPORT � A Fairfax County, Va., publication � June 2014 � Photos on cover (from top left): Fish sampling; Wolftrap Creek stream restoration in Vienna, VA; Fish – small mouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) at Water Quality Field Day; Sampling station being serviced — Occoquan; Water Quality Field Day – Woodley Hills School; Tree planting; Stormwater Management Pond – Noman M. Cole, Jr., Pollution Control Plant. (photo credit Fairfax County) i Report prepared and compiled by: Stormwater Planning Division Department of Public Works and Environmental Services Fairfax County, Virginia 22035 703-324-5500, TTY 711 www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/stormwater June 2014 To request this information in an alternate format call 703-324-5500, TTY 711. Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request. For information, call 703-324-5500, TTY 711. ii This page was intentionally left blank. iii iv Table of Contents Table of Contents .............................................................................................................................. iv List of Figures ......................................................................................................................................... vi List of Tables .......................................................................................................................................... vi Acknowledgments