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About 11% of Difficult Run is conserved land, roughly 614 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Little Difficult Run Stream Valley Park (8.5 mi), Difficult Run Stream Valley Park (3 mi), and Fred Crabtree Park (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Difficult Run, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
11%
614 of 5,382 acres
Trails
22 mi
2.6 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
62 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.5 mi
0.6 mi lanes · 0.7 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
🏖️ Unnamed beach in Little Difficult Run Stream Valley Park 🏊 Oak Pool 1 2 3 4 5 6
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Little Difficult Run Stream Valley Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
390 acres8.5 mi of trail
J. Dickey Trail Cross County Trail Twin Mill Loop Stuart Mill Road CCT Connector Trail Southfield HOA Connector Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Difficult Run Stream Valley Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
121 acres3 mi of trail
Cross County Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Fred Crabtree Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
21 acres1.2 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
4 Garnchayne Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
21 acres0.8 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
5 Wayland Street Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
17 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
6 Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park Managed by Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
4 acres0.3 mi of trail
W&OD Bridle Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
All 9 parks & preserves
🌳 Little Difficult Run Stream Valley Park 390 acres · 8.5 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌲 Difficult Run Stream Valley Park 121 acres · 3 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Fred Crabtree Park 21 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Garnchayne Park 21 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Wayland Street Park 17 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park 4 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
🌳 Clarke's Landing Park 13 acres · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Navy Vale Park 1 acres · Fairfax County Park Authority
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Public pools in Difficult Run Show all on map
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 5.7 mi Unpaved 18.4 mi
Cross County Trail 2.0 mi Twin Mill Loop 1.2 mi J. Dickey Trail 0.9 mi Folkstone Forest Nature Trail 0.6 mi W&OD Bridle Trail 0.4 mi Southfield HOA Connector Trail 0.3 mi Stuart Mill Road CCT Connector Trail 0.2 mi BushWackTr. 0.1 mi CCT to Fox Mill Road Connector 0.1 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
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Who protects the land
614 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.6 mi Off-road bike paths 0.7 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.2 mi Fairfax Cross County Trail (bike route) 2.4 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 15 Pickleball 4 Equestrian 2 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Difficult Run
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 1,227 ac
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Little Difficult Run Stream Valley Park Local Park County 764 Open Difficult Run Stream Valley Park Local Park Not recorded 248 Open Foxvale City Park Local Park County 48 Open Wayland Street Park Local Park Not recorded 43 Open Garnchayne City Park Local Park Not recorded 43 Open Fred Crabtree Local Park County 43 Open Clarkes Landing City Park Local Park County 27 Open Washington and Old Dominion Trail Local Park County 9 Open Navy Vale City Park Local Park County 2 Open
History
Historic places to visit
🪦 Vale Methodist Church Cemetary Cemetery
Nearby
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Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
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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.
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