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Frying Pan Farm Park Loop (Fairfax County Parks, VA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Civil War, Easy Hikes, Fairfax County Parks, Virginia2 Comments

- Civil War Series - Frying Pan Farm Park in western Fairfax County, Virginia serves mostly as a destination for equestrians, school trips, and tractor rides, a family-friendly outing at a semi-rural farmstead. There is also a decent nature trail, however, featuring a handful of obscure historic landmarks and a pretty stream and waterfall. The …

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Horsepen Run Trail (Horsepen Run Stream Valley Park, VA)

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Horsepen Run (a.k.a. Horsepen Creek) is a modest stream winding through northern Virginia’s Loudoun and Fairfax Counties. Situated in the unincorporated community of Oak Hill—between the Dulles Toll Road and Interstate-66—the paved Horsepen Run Trail runs alongside the creek for 1.5 miles. To be honest, there’s not much to it—the stream, while pretty and calming …

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