Trail Building Fund
Trails are one of the most popular features in Fairfax County’s parks. They link neighborhoods with parkland, offer fitness and recreational opportunities, provide safe and scenic off-road transportation routes, and allow us to step away from urban life and revitalize ourselves in the natural world.
Fairfax County’s park trails are often built in stream valleys where parkland vegetation helps protect the streams from pollutants and erosion. In addition to preserving our watersheds, this parkland nurtures diverse plant and animal life that benefit the environment and heighten the experience of trail users. Learn more about Trails in Fairfax County.
The Trail Building Fund helps to construct and maintain park trails and bridges, purchase land to connect existing trails, print trail maps, and install interpretive signs that inform and encourage stewardship of the county’s history and natural resources.
The fund contributed to the development of the celebrated Cross County Trail, a 40-mile path that runs through some of Fairfax County’s most scenic areas, beginning at Great Falls National Park on the Potomac River and extending south to Laurel Hill Park and the Occoquan River.
Looking ahead, here are some of the park sites where opportunities exist to extend or build trails:
- Long Branch Stream Valley – Annandale
- Sugarland Run Stream Valley – Reston/Herndon
- Laurel Hill Park – Lorton
- Pohick Stream Valley – Springfield
- Difficult Run Stream Valley – Great Falls
- Middle Run Stream Valley – Newington
- Little Hunting Creek – Alexandria
- Sully Woodlands Park - Chantilly
Help us extend Fairfax County's trails network. A gift of $25 will build a foot of natural surface trail and $150 will build a foot of hard surface trail.
