Daniels Run Park
Managed by Fairfax City Parks & Recreation
53 acres1.3 mi of trail
Rough Root Climb
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Outdoors in Fairfax
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Fairfax
About 5.5% of Fairfax is conserved land, roughly 221 acres. There are about 8.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Daniels Run Park (1.3 mi), Providence Park (0.8 mi), and Kutner Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land
5.5%
221 of 3,995 acres
Trails
8.5 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
9 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
9.6 mi
1.2 mi lanes · 6.9 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Fairfax?
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
★ What stands out · Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Daniels Run Park, with 1.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Providence Park
Managed by City Of Fairfax
16 acres0.8 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Ranger Road Park
Park
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Stafford Drive Park
Park
14 acres0.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Stafford East Park
Park
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Ashby Pond Conservatory
Park
4 acres0.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves
🌲
Daniels Run Park53 acres · 1.3 mi of trail · Fairfax City Parks & Recreation
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Ranger Road Park8 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
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Ashby Pond Conservatory4 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
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Dale Lestina Park8 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Fairfax, Parks and Recreation
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Villa D'Este Park1 acres · Fairfax County Park Authority
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Fairchester Woods Park1 acres
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Westmore Park1 acres · City Of Fairfax
Things to do
26 places to go in Fairfax
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Fairfax
Playgrounds in Fairfax
14 more playgrounds
Dog parks in Fairfax
Community gardens in Fairfax
Biking & sports
9.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.2 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
6.9 mi
off-road bike paths
1.5 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
18Tennis
14Baseball
8Pickleball
7Basketball
7Soccer
5Tracks
4Beach volleyball
1Skate park
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
Trails & water
2 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 3.0 miUnpaved · 6.3 mi
Judicial Drive Trail0.5 mi
Rough Root Climb0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it
221 conserved acres
Who manages Fairfax’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County136 ac
Town or city83 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits10 ac
Not recorded75 ac
Local Park · 286 acLocal Recreation Area · 9 acConservation Easement · 5 acOther Easement · 5 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 5 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draper Drive City Park Local Park | Not recorded | 49 | Open |
| Daniels Run Park Local Park | County | 46 | Open |
| Ec Van Dyke City Park Local Park | County | 44 | Open |
| Thaiss Memorial Local Park | County | 22 | Open |
| Dale Lestina Local Park | County | 17 | Open |
| Providence Park Local Park | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| Unnamed Park - City of Fairfax Local Park | County | 15 | Open |
| Stafford West Park Local Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Kutner Park Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Green Acres Center Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
History along the way
History →2 historic sites to visit
Plus 2 cemeteries, often the oldest places in town.
Next door
Fairfax and its neighbors
Fairfax has the second most mapped trails of the 7 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Oakton18 miFairfax8.5 miGeorge Mason6.6 miLong Branch4.0 miFair Oaks3.1 miMantua2.2 miMerrifield0.6 mi
| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Fairfax | 5.5% | 18 |
| George Mason | 4.3% | 2 |
| Oakton | 9.7% | 17 |
| Mantua | 11.9% | 3 |
| Long Branch | 8.2% | 7 |
| Fair Oaks | 4.1% | 11 |
| Merrifield | 2.5% | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Fairfax neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.