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Virginia has many beautiful lakes and Lake Accotink is one of them. A lake nearby is Accotink Lake, and Lake Accotink is great enough to spend more than a day at, Lake Fairfax Park is a great local campground. Why not stop at close by Calamo Branch since you're here at Lake Accotink; Fort Washington Park is one of the destinations that are brilliant to explore nearby. But wait, there's more to do in close proximity to Lake Accotink. Hiking is a popular thing
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| | to do around Lake Accotink; Gold Mine Trail is a great local trail, and you're sure to come across some fine folks from Washington-Arlington-Alexandria here. This lake is so wonderful. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Pohick Creek; if you need a location to stay Holiday Inn Express Springfield-I-95-S Of I-495 Va is a tremendous choice. Soar down the rapids of Accotink Creek in a kayak, and why not spend some time golfing at a nearby golf course like Pinecrest | |
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Golf Course. The amount of rainfall that falls at Lake Accotink is close to the national average; May is the wettest month with most rain while January is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Take a hike on the Upland
Trail; dry warm beds await you at Red Roof Inn Washington Dc Southwest - Springfield. This place, Lake Accotink, it completely has so much outdoors entertaining stuff. There's so much to do here at Lake Accotink that you need to camp
here for a while, Christopher Run Campground is a tremendous place for that, as expected you could also pop by Lake Hatch if you're here; it's not far at all. For the duration of the months of summer highs here at Lake Accotink
reach the 80's. When the night sets in temperatures plunge down into the 60's. During the winter the highs are generally in the 40's, and night lows at Lake Accotink all through the wintertime typically drop into the 20's. This lake
is so wonderful. Why not take a refreshing hike along the Potomac Heritage Trail, and Accotink Dam is a location that is in the vicinity of Lake Accotink.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 38.79306 Longitude: -77.21861
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Accotink Creek, Fairfax CountyCounty, 1 miles away Class I-II - 13 miles long (King Arthur Road to Telegraph Road) |
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Pohick Creek, Fairfax CountyCounty, 3 miles away Class II-III+ - 5.5 miles long (Route 636 to Route 1) |
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Four Mile Run, Arlington CountyCounty, 9 miles away Class III - 4.5 miles long (Ohio Street to Arlington Ridge Road) |
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Pohick Creek
 | ...walk down from the sub division noted in AWA write-up. The whole run from Hooves to bridge at Route 1 took me 2 hours of paddling straight, no playing. 40 mins of that was in the dark or near dark. Nice and worth while run if you have the time. 3 mandatory portages in first 2 miles from Hooves to valley area behind Rolling Road subdivision due to down trees. If you're short on time, just put on by the walk way down to the creek from that neighborhood (can't remember the street) off Rolling road. That's where the fun rock garden area is. Easy section and really fun creek type section where all the gradient drop off is. Great area to practice beginner creek style running. Next run will be South run of the Pohick when it comes back up. I looked at it yesterday too and thought it was runable but higher than 220 would be better, I'm guessing 250 -275 cfs. I pretty sure Pohick will not be runable today. The great thing about the run is there are huge sections were you never know you're in a urban/suburban surroundings. Take out on right side of bridge at route 1. If you get the chance do... |
Burke Lake
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Burke Lake Park
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Pohick Bay Regional Park
 | 2 PHOTOS Tent Sites, RV Hookups, Pets OK, Fires OK, Store, Nearby Grocery, Pool... RV:93 Electric Sites, - 10 RV hookups, PETS:No for Cabin Rentals, GROCERY:3 miles, POOL:Discount Rate... ... one of only 3 public access points to the Potomac River in northern Virginia and the closest to Washington DC and its famous waterfront. Pohick Bay offers canoes, kayaks, paddle boats and jon boats for rent on the weekends during the summer months.
In addition to water activities the park also offers family and group camping, golfing, boating, hiking, picnic areas, disc and miniature golf, and a playground for children. For those of you interested in swimming, we offer Pirate's Cove Waterpark! Please contact the park about swim lessons for your family.
Pohick Bay Regional Park, located on Mason Neck Pennisula is an ecologically fragile land that shelters an abundance of wildlife, including the bald eagle. Nature lovers can expect to see blue birds, osprey, heron, deer, beavers and rare sightings of river otters.
Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia. Convenient to Interstate 95, Pohick Bay Regional Park is 11 miles from the Springfield Metro Station, 22 miles from Washington, D.C., and 11 miles from Mount Vernon. Mason Neck State Park, Mason Neck National... |
Lake Needwood
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Greenbelt Park
 | 25 miles away Regular camping fees at this time (06/08) are $16/night. I have been camping at Greenbelt Park every summer for a week for the last 7 years. It was always at $14 up till last year when it went up to $16. Great Park though! Love it!... |
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