Outdoors · Laurel Hill

Laurel Hill, VA parks, trails & bike paths

About 46% of Laurel Hill is conserved land, roughly 1,310 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Laurel Hill Park (15.5 mi) and Occoquan Regional Park (1.8 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Laurel Hill, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Laurel Hill outdoors

Conserved land
46%
1,310 of 2,869 acres
Trails
18 mi
4 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
176 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.7 mi
4.2 mi lanes · 10.6 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

12
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.
1

Laurel Hill Park

Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
910 acres15.5 mi of trail
Workhouse TrailGiles Run Meadow LoopDairy Barn LoopPasture LoopPower Station Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Occoquan Regional Park

Managed by Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
430 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Disc golf in Laurel Hill
Giles Run MeadowIn Laurel Hill Park
Directions
Giles Run MeadowIn Laurel Hill Park
Directions
Giles Run MeadowIn Laurel Hill Park
Directions
Giles Run MeadowIn Laurel Hill Park
Directions
Giles Run MeadowIn Laurel Hill Park
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 7.8 miHorses 2.2 miUnpaved 9.8 mi
  • Workhouse Trail1.6 mi
  • Giles Run Meadow Loop1.5 mi
  • Dairy Barn Loop1.2 mi
  • Pasture Loop1.0 mi
  • Power Station Loop0.6 mi
  • Slaughterhouse Loop Trail0.6 mi
Who protects the land

1,310 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
1,313 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes4.2 mi
  • Off-road bike paths10.6 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Golf11
  • Tennis9
  • Basketball7
  • Baseball3
  • Softball1
  • Football1
  • Soccer1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Laurel Hill

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 1,313 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Laurel HillLocal ParkCounty884Open
Occoquan Regional ParkLocal ParkCounty426Open
Laurel Hill ParkLocal ParkCounty3Open
History

Historic places to visit

Barrett HouseIn Laurel Hill Park · Building
Turning Point Suffragist MemorialIn Occoquan Regional Park · Monument
Nearby

Laurel Hill and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Laurel Hill45.7%18.2 mi2
Newington Forest31.9%2.9 mi6
Lorton5.2%3.9 mi10
Crosspointe3.5%5.2 mi3
Occoquan0.8%0.1 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Laurel Hill'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.

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