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Lower Potomac Field Station

The field station manages two recreation areas in the Washington, DC area:

Open everyday, sunrise to sunset

Nature Watchers at a lake at Meadowood Farms

Meadowood Recreation Management Area on Mason Neck in southern Fairfaix County, Virginia

Meadowood offers 6 miles of hiking and horseback trails including a universally accessible trail to Hidden Pond, two fishing ponds, 800 acres of forest and meadows, environmental educations programs, horse boarding stable, geocaching, picnicking and bird watching.

LPFS HOMEPAGE

Douglas Point Recreation Management Area in Charles County, Maryland

Douglas Point offers 3 miles of trails for hiking, horseback riding, hunting, and mountain biking, 548 acres of hardwood forest and marshes, picnicking, Potomac River shoreline, universally accessible historical interpretative walk and hunting blind. Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail segment and water trail stop.

Hours of Operation:
Office Hours 8:00 am to 3:30 Monday through Friday
Public access to trails is seven days a week year round

Sunrise to Sunset

CONTACT:
Lower Potomac Field Station
Bureau of Land Management
10406 Gunston Road
Lorton, VA 22079
Ph. : (703) 339-8009; Fax: (703) 339-3479
Email: ES Meadowood@es.blm.gov