Outdoors in Springfield Parks & playgrounds in Springfield About 9.3% of Springfield is conserved land, roughly 468 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Accotink Stream Valley Park (2.6 mi), Franconia Park (1.9 mi), and Brookfield Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land
9.3%
468 of 5,035 acres
Trails
10 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
15 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
16 mi
5.0 mi lanes · 10 mi paths
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The map Conserved land, trails & bike routes Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
🏊 Edsall Park Swim Club 🛝 Crestwood Elementary Playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Brookfield Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Hooes Road Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Springvale Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Loisdale Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lee High Park 🛝 Unnamed playground in Lee High Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Edsall Park 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Brookfield Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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🏊 1 Public pool 🛝 23 Playgrounds 🔭 1 Scenic view
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🛝 Unnamed playground in Brookfield Park
Map Directions 🛝 Unnamed playground in Hooes Road Park
Map Directions 🛝 Unnamed playground in Springvale Park
Map Directions 15 more playgrounds
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🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Brookfield Park
Map Directions
Biking & sports 16 miles of bike routes Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
5.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
1.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
23 Tennis
20 Baseball
7 Basketball
6 Soccer
3 Multi-sport
2 Football
1 Golf
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
Places to walk Pick a walk The longest trail network is Accotink Stream Valley Park, with 2.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
All 7 Under 1 mi 5 1–3 mi 2 100+ acres 1
1 Accotink Stream Valley Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
173 acres2.6 mi of trail
Creekside Path Heavy Stone Access Trail CCT Access Trail CCT-Brookfield Pond Tr.
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Franconia Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
63 acres1.9 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Brookfield Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
26 acres0.7 mi of trail
CCT-Brookfield Pond Tr.
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 Deerlick Park Park
18 acres0.6 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
5 Monticello Woods Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
16 acres0.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6 Lee High Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
23 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
7 Springfield Forest Park Managed by Fairfax County Park Authority
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 18 parks & preserves 🌲 Accotink Stream Valley Park 173 acres · 2.6 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
Directions 🌳 Franconia Park 63 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
Directions 🌳 Brookfield Park 26 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
Directions 🌳 Deerlick Park 18 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Directions 🌲 Monticello Woods Park 16 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Lee High Park 23 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
Directions 🌳 Springfield Forest Park 11 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Byron Avenue Park 13 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
Directions 🌳 Loisdale Park 9 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
Directions 🌳 Springvale Park 9 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
Directions 🌳 Trailside Park 7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌳 Hooes Road Park 21 acres · Fairfax County Park Authority
Directions 🌳 Backlick Stream Valley Park 11 acres · Fairfax County Park Authority
🌲 Lake Accotink Park 9 acres · Fairfax County Park Authority
Directions 🌳 Leewood Park 8 acres · Fairfax County Park Authority
Directions 🌳 North Springfield Park 2 acres · Fairfax County Park Authority
Directions 🌳 Lynbrook Park 2 acres · Fairfax County Park Authority
Trails & water
5 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers Named trails
Open to bikes · 3.3 mi Unpaved · 6.0 mi
Creekside Path 0.6 mi
CCT-Brookfield Pond Tr. 0.3 mi
Heavy Stone Access Trail 0.2 mi
Grass Trail 0.2 mi
CCT Access Trail 0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it 468 conserved acres Who manages Springfield’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County 465 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits 5 ac
Not recorded 405 ac
Local Park · 870 ac Conservation Easement · 2 ac Other Easement · 2 ac Unknown Easement · 1 ac
Good to know Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 44 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Accotink Stream Valley ParkLocal Park
Not recorded 358 Open Franconia City ParkLocal Park
Not recorded 126 Open Brookfield Park ParkLocal Park
County 51 Open Lee HighLocal Park
County 47 Open Hooes RoadLocal Park
County 42 Open Lake Accotink ParkLocal Park
County 40 Open Deerlick City ParkLocal Park
County 38 Open Monticello WoodsLocal Park
County 26 Open Springfield ForestLocal Park
Not recorded 22 Open Hooes Road School SiteLocal Park
County 20 Open
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
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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.
