Outdoors · Reston
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About 13% of Reston is conserved land, roughly 1,254 acres. There are about 46 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lake Fairfax Park (14.2 mi), Fred Crabtree Park (5.9 mi), and Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park (2.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Reston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
13%
1,254 of 9,971 acres
Trails
46 mi
2.9 mi per sq mi · 26 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
33
19 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
54.1 mi
16.3 mi lanes · 34.0 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
🏊 Dogwood Pool 🏊 Glade Pool 🏊 Hunter Woods Pool 🏊 Lake Audubon Pool 🏊 Lake Newport Pool 🏊 Lake Thoreau Pool 🏊 North Shore Swimming Pool 🏊 Ridge Heights Pool 🏊 Ridge Heights Pool 🏊 Unnamed public pool 🏊 Unnamed public pool 🏊 Unnamed public pool 🏊 Unnamed public pool 🏊 Unnamed public pool 🛝 Armstrong elementary playground blacktop 🛝 Chatham Colony Ct. Park 🛝 Inlet Cluster Playground 🛝 Olde Crafts Playground 🛝 The Home Depot Playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Stratton Woods Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Bordeaux Area 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Hunter Woods Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Southgate Community Center 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Fred Crabtree Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in South Lakes Drive Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in South Lakes Drive Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🐕 Baron Cameron Dog Park 🐕 Canis Major Dog Park 🐕 Unnamed dog park 🐕 Unnamed dog park 🐕 Unnamed dog park 🐕 Unnamed dog park 🐕 Unnamed dog park 🛶 Lake Anne Access Area 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🔭 1963 tower 🔭 1964 tower 🧺 Picnic area A 🧺 Picnic area B 🧺 Picnic area C 🧺 Picnic area D 🧺 Pony Barn 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in South Lakes Drive Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Vernon J. Walker Nature Center 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Lake Anne Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Lake Fairfax Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Lake Fairfax Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Lake Fairfax Park 🏕️ Group camping area G-1 🏕️ Lake Fairfax Family Campground 🏕️ Lake Fairfax Large Group Campground 🏕️ Lake Fairfax Park Large Group Campground 🏕️ Lake Fairfax Small Group Campground 🌱 The Farm at Halley Rise 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 Lake Fairfax Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
481 acres14.2 mi of trail
Rails to River Ferlin's Folly Rails to River Trail Main North South Side Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Fred Crabtree Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
200 acres5.9 mi of trail
Fred Crabtree Park Connector Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park Managed by Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
42 acres2.6 mi of trail
W&OD Bridle Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 Vernon J. Walker Nature Center Nature preserve
22 acres0.4 mi of trail
Nature Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
15 acres0.4 mi of trail
Sunrise Valley Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
6 Baron Cameron Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
59 acres0.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
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All 33 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 33 parks & preserves
🌳 Lake Fairfax Park 481 acres · 14.2 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Fred Crabtree Park 200 acres · 5.9 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park 42 acres · 2.6 mi of trail · Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
🌲 Vernon J. Walker Nature Center 22 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
🌳 Sunrise Valley Park 15 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
🌳 Baron Cameron Park 59 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Brown's Park 8 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
🌲 Glade Recreation Area 56 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
🌳 South Lakes Drive Park 14 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Hook Road Rec Area 6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
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 Reston Show all on map
Showing 1–10 of 14 public pools
🏊 Glade Pool In Glade Recreation Area
🏊 Hunter Woods Pool In Hunter Woods Park
🏊 North Shore Swimming Pool
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 25.5 mi Horses 4.4 mi Unpaved 34.7 mi
Showing 1–10 of 25 trails
W&OD Bridle Trail 3.4 mi Rails to River 1.5 mi Ferlin's Folly 1.4 mi Nature Trail 1.2 mi Rails to River Trail 1.0 mi Cross County Trail 1.0 mi Apache 0.7 mi Main North 0.7 mi South Side Trail 0.7 mi Chestnut Charlie 0.6 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,254 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 16.3 mi Off-road bike paths 34.0 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 3.9 mi Fairfax Cross County Trail (bike route) 1.2 mi
Courts & fields Golf 96 Tennis 65 Basketball 49 Soccer 37 Baseball 31 Pickleball 9 Beach volleyball 4 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Reston
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 1,242 ac Local Recreation Area 286 ac Local Other or Unknown 38 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Lake Fairfax Park Local Park County 475 Open Fred Crabtree Local Park County 372 Open Washington and Old Dominion Trail Local Park County 87 Open Stratton Woods Local Park Not recorded 60 Open Baron Cameron Park Local Park County 59 Open North Hills Park Local Park Private owners 52 Open Walker Nature Education Center Local Other or Unknown Private owners 38 Open Sugarland Run Stream Valley Park Local Park Not recorded 34 Open South Lakes Drive Local Park Not recorded 28 Open Autumnwood Park Local Park Private owners 23 Open
History
Historic places to visit
🪦 Browns Chapel Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Thompson/Kidwell Family Cemetary Cemetery
Nearby
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Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
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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