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Algonkian Regional Park
Managed by Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
523 acres5.2 mi of trail
White TrailEast River Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Cascades
Cascades, VA parks, trails & bike paths
About 29% of Cascades is conserved land, roughly 690 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Algonkian Regional Park (5.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cascades, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cascades outdoors
Conserved land
29%
690 of 2,385 acres
Trails
11 mi
2.8 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
56 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Potomack Lakes Sportsplex
Park
47 acres0.3 mi of trail
Potomac Heritage Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Sugarland Run Trail Park
Managed by Sugarland Run HoA
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
4
Hedgerow Habitat Trail
Managed by Lutheran Community Church
2 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Cascades
Showing 1–10 of 29 playgrounds
Chesterbrook Academy Playground
New Life Russian Church Playground Park
Potomac Terrace Lake Playground
Potomac Terrace Playground
Riverwood Terrace Playground
Stanmoor Terrace Playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 2.5 miUnpaved 9.1 mi
- White Trail1.0 mi
- Potomac Heritage Trail1.0 mi
- East River Trail0.8 mi
- Barred Owl Trail0.4 mi
- Countryside Trail0.3 mi
- Eagle Trail0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
690 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer25
- Tennis21
- Basketball17
- Baseball11
- Football3
- Softball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Cascades
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 870 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algonkian Regional ParkLocal Park | County | 776 | Open |
| Potomack Lakes SportsplexLocal Park | County | 94 | Open |
Nearby
Cascades and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascades | 28.9% | 10.5 mi | 4 |
| Countryside | 0.1% | 5.9 mi | 1 |
| Lowes Island | 14.7% | 8.8 mi | 0 |
| Sugarland Run | 1.5% | 2.1 mi | 2 |
| Dulles Town Center | 0% | 0.8 mi | 2 |
| Sterling | 10.8% | 12.8 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cascades's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.