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
Hunter
Mill District
Trail and Sidewalk Status
Reston Master Plan Blog
Click here to
access a blog with information on the process of creating a new Reston Master
Plan
More Trails Opening at Laurel Hills
Park
The Laurel Hills Equestrian Area shared-use trails officially
opened on September 12, 2009. Click here
for a map of the trails prepared by the Fairfax County Park Authority. A guide
to the Workhouse Trail will be published shortly.
Lake
Accotink Trail Closures
Repairs to the Lake Accotink dam are still in progress and
the trail will be temporarily closed to people (but not to Herons) in the
near future at the dam. Before planning to walk around the lake check on the
status of the water crossing. Please click on the attachment
for full details and contact information. Published on May 10, 2010.
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. Click on the picture to view some of the activities
that people who love horses enjoy.
This is the face of a breed that can save your vacuum cleaner. Click on
the picture for more information.
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 is underway on the Glade stream between
Soapstone Drive and Twin Branches Road. Some of the bridges may be
closed at times. The Fairfax Cross County Trail passes through this section
and has been detoured.
The section of stream west of Soapstone Drive has been
completed and all trails are open. This information is current as of May
10, 2010.
Cross
County Trail Closure
The section of the Cross County Trail passing
under the Dulles Toll Road may be closed. Please click here
for the official notice.
Hunters Valley Trails
John Burgess has created a series of Google
Maps with some of the undocumented trails in the Hunters Valley area. Click
here
to see them.
