NatioNal Park Service • U.S. DePartmeNt of the iNterior Foundation Document Prince William Forest Park Virginia December 2013 Foundation Document Park Map Independent Hill To Manassas HikingHiking Trails Trails Dale City Dale Boulevard 234 ! Unpaved road Hiking trail E Parking areas 619 (closed to bicycles) and lot name Blaze Trail Total length Birch Bluff Trail 2.7km 1.7mi Pennsylvania Unpaved road Shared use trail Potomac Heritage Roa (open to bicycles) (biking and hiking) National Scenic Trail Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Trail 0.6km 0.4mi A d d 646 Ohio 640 (hiking only) en ChopawamsicDALE Trail CITY 3.5km 2.2mi d oa Locked gate Potomac Heritage R Maryland e Bridge National Scenic Trail The Crossing Trail 0.8km 0.5mi ill ev West Virginia (biking and hiking) ni Spriggs Farms to Forest 1.6km 1.0mi in M Ranger station Campground Cabin camp Headwaters of Farms to Forest Trail Loop 2.7km 1.7mi IndepeQuanticondent Creek Hill Prince High Meadows Trail 3.4km 2.1mi ! KentuckPowellsy Restrooms RV camping Showers William Laurel Trail Loop 2.3km 1.4mi Forest Picnic area Wheelchair-accessible Amphitheater Little Run Loop 1.0km 0.6mi VirgiCreeknia Park Mary Bird Branch 0.8km 0.5mi Road Drinking water North Valley Trail 5.0km 3.1mi Tennessee Oak Ridge Trail 2.9km 1.8mi North North Carolina Piedmont Forest Trail 0.6km 0.4mi Quantico Cascades Trail 1.1km 0.7mi 619 0 0.5 1 Kilometer Neabsco 234 South Valley Trail 14.0km 8.7mi 0 0.5 1 Mile Turkey Run Ridge CreekTrail 2.3km 1.4mi 643 Muschette Trail 0.3km 0.2mi Lake Montclair BikingBiking and and Hiking Hiking on Unpaved on UnpavedRoads Roads 234 Cardinal ST Blaze Trail Total length Burma Road Drive 2.3km 1.4mi ¦¨§95 Lake One Road 0.6km 0.4mi Liming Lane 1.4km 0.9mi KE Mawavi Road 1.4km 0.9mi Montclair LA ! 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The National Park Service cooperates with partners to extend the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world. The NPS core values are a framework in which the National Park Service accomplishes its mission. They express the manner in which, both individually and collectively, the National Park Service pursues its mission. The NPS core values are: · Shared stewardship: We share a commitment to resource stewardship with the global preservation community. · Excellence: We strive continually to learn and improve so that we may achieve the highest ideals of public service. · Integrity: We deal honestly and fairly with the public and one another. · Tradition: We are proud of it; we learn from it; we are not bound by it. · Respect: We embrace each other’s differences so that we may enrich the well-being of everyone. The National Park Service is a bureau within the Department of the Interior. While numerous national park system units were created prior to 1916, it was not until August 25, 1916, that President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act formally establishing the National Park Service. The national park system continues to grow and comprises 401 park units covering more than 84 million acres in every state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These units include, but are not limited to, national parks, monuments, battlefields, military parks, historical parks, historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, recreation areas, scenic rivers and trails, and the White House. The variety and diversity of park units throughout the nation require a strong commitment to resource stewardship and management in order to ensure both the protection and enjoyment of these resources for future generations. The arrowhead was authorized as the official National Park Service emblem by the Secretary of the Interior on July 20, 1951. The sequoia tree and bison represent vegetation and wildlife, the mountains and water represent scenic and recreational values, and the arrowhead represents historical and archeological values. 2 Prince William Forest Park Introduction Every unit of the national park system is to have a foundational document that will provide basic guidance for planning and management decisions—a foundation for planning and management, or foundation document. The core components of a foundation document include the park’s purpose, significance, fundamental resources and values, interpretive themes, and special mandates and administrative commitments.