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Long Branch Stream Valley Park
Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
66 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Long Branch
Long Branch, VA parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.2% of Long Branch is conserved land, roughly 129 acres. There are about 4.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Long Branch Stream Valley Park (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Long Branch, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Long Branch outdoors
Conserved land
8.2%
129 of 1,580 acres
Trails
4.0 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
18 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.6 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
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.
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Rutherford Park
Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
21 acres0.4 mi of trail
Grass-Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Stream Valley Park
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George Mason Park
Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Smokewood Park
Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
18 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.
Fishing spots in Long Branch
P 1 Stop
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 2.7 miUnpaved 3.6 mi
- Grass-Trail0.1 mi
Who protects the land
129 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball7
- Basketball4
- Soccer3
- Tennis3
- Tracks2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Long Branch
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 200 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Branch Stream Valley ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 135 | Open |
| Rutherford ParkLocal Park | County | 21 | Open |
| Smokewood ParkLocal Park | County | 13 | Open |
| Surrey Square ParkLocal Park | County | 9 | Open |
| George Mason ParkLocal Park | County | 8 | Open |
| Ashford EastLocal Park | Not recorded | 8 | Open |
| Olde Forge ParkLocal Park | County | 6 | Open |
Nearby
Long Branch and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Branch | 8.2% | 4.0 mi | 7 |
| Wakefield | 18.6% | 13.3 mi | 12 |
| Fairfax | 5.5% | 8.5 mi | 18 |
| George Mason | 4.3% | 6.6 mi | 2 |
| Kings Park West | 13% | 5.6 mi | 9 |
| Burke | 11.5% | 13.2 mi | 16 |
| Mantua | 11.9% | 2.2 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Long Branch'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.