This Great Blue Heron was spotted
in Accotink Creek only a hundred feet from the Lake Accotink parking area
on the new Cross County Trail section south of Lake Accotink. The new route
is open and provides an excellent walk in a natural wooded setting. Click
on the picture to view the walk map and directions.
You may have seen trail markers
similar to this throughout Reston. Click on the picture to learn more about
the person that created the maps on these markers and a link to maps of
the complete trails.
Click on the above picture for pictures
of the people that took the Reston Museum walk along Lake Audubon on Sunday,
June 14, 2009.
My next walk will be for the Reston
Association on September 26. Details of the walk will be published later.
Fairfax County recently changed it's
web site to provide more information on pedestrian and bicycling oriented
activities. Maps of present and proposed trails are provided. Click on
www.Fairfaxcounty.gov/trails to view the information.
New To This Area?
One of the
biggest problems for people new to the area is finding superior firms such
as plumbers or doctors. Consumer Reports helped to start a magazine called
Checkbook to assist you with this task. Subscribers rate the firms they do
business with so that others can benefit from their experience. Checkbook
rates firms just as Consumer Reports rates products. Click below for a link
to their websites.
Both sites charge a fee to view information. Free access to the information
is often provided at the local libraries.
This is
not an advertisement and no funds were exchanged for this recommendation.
Checkbook
Magazine
Comsumer Reports
ATTENTION
VDOT is planing to reduce four travel lanes on Lawyers
Road between Reston Parkway and Myrtle Lane to two travel lanes and a
center turning lane. Bicycle lanes would be added in each direction. Click
here
to view the plan.Click here for references
on reducing the number of travel lanes (road diets).
The Fairfax County Park Authority has set a second community
meeting to consider Stratton Woods Master Plan amendments. The meeting will
be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Frying Pan
Park Visitor Center Auditorium located at 2709 West Ox Road. The meeting will
allow the community to review the revised Master Plan amendment proposed for
Stratton Woods Park. Click here
for more information on the proposed changes.
Photo
courtesy of Beverly Dickerson
Reston is a high tech town but nearby we have miles of trails catering
to horses. This is an opportunity that you may not find elsewhere. If you
love to ride horses this is the place for you. Here is a link to a local place
to learn horseback riding, board your horse, or rent a parking place for your
horse trailer:
Angelica Run
Farm
Click on the picture to view some of the activities that people who love
horses enjoy.
The new Burke Centre Railroad Station and Parking Garage opened on June
2, 2008. Several new trails have been built to connect the station to the
Woods and Commons sections of Burke Centre. You may wish to consider walking
rather than driving to the station. Click on the picture to view a map of
the area and see how many walking minutes your home may be from the station.
Lake Anne is a short walk with wonderful scenery. Click on the picture
to view the walk map and start walking while the weather is cool.
You may not have heard about Laurel Hill Park but major development is
under way there. This is a view of the Cross County Trail with a watchtower
in the former Lorton Prison on the right and homes in the gated Spring Hill
development for seniors on the left. This section of the trail has not been
officially opened yet but is quite walkable although no signs have been placed.
Click the picture to view a walk map, pictures and directions that will take
you through Laurel Hill Park.
Reston Paths
Contents
This is the second of 2 new walks
on this site involving the new trail along Lake Audubon. The final leg of
a trail at the base of the Lake Thoreau dam has been completed. This walk
will take you along a good section of the shore line with lots of views
of Lake Audubon and a view of Lake Thoreau. The picture shows Lake Audubon
in October. Click on the picture to view the walk map and pictures of the
route.
Stream restoration construction is complete on the Snakeden
Branch. It is now started on the Glade Branch between Colts Neck Road and
Steeplechase Road. Click on the picture for maps and pictures of the work.
This information was published on June 15, 2009 and will
be revised as changes are noted.
