1
Amberleigh Park
Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
18 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Franconia
Franconia, VA parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.5% of Franconia is conserved land, roughly 189 acres. There are about 7.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Amberleigh Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Franconia, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Franconia outdoors
Conserved land
8.5%
189 of 2,215 acres
Trails
7.0 mi
2 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.9 mi
7.1 mi lanes · 5.8 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
Island Creek Park
Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
97 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Manchester Lakes Park
Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Indian Run Stream Valley Park
Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
12 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Dog parks in Franconia
Starbarks Dog Park
Unnamed dog park
Unnamed dog park
Unnamed dog park
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 5.3 mi
- Fraconia Trail0.4 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
189 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes7.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis11
- Basketball7
- Multi-sport2
- Soccer2
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Franconia
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 256 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island Creek ParkLocal Park | County | 95 | Open |
| LoisdaleLocal Park | County | 37 | Open |
| Loisdale City ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 37 | Open |
| Amberleigh ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 35 | Open |
| Indian Run Stream Valley ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 24 | Open |
| Manchester Lakes ParkLocal Park | County | 20 | Open |
| Franconia Forest ParkLocal Park | County | 7 | Open |
| Levelle W. DupellLocal Park | Not recorded | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Beulah CemeteryCemetery
Laurel Grove Baptist Church CemeteryCemetery
Schurtz CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Franconia and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franconia | 8.5% | 7.0 mi | 6 |
| Kingstowne | 6.1% | 6.8 mi | 6 |
| Springfield | 9.3% | 10.2 mi | 18 |
| Lincolnia | 13.3% | 4.3 mi | 9 |
| Rose Hill | 13.3% | 8.5 mi | 10 |
| Newington | 10.4% | 1.8 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Franconia'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.