Lower Potomac Field Station

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lower Potomac Field Station (LPFS) is located on Mason Neck in Fairfax County, Virginia. The Lower Potomac Field Station manages about 1300 acres across two Special Recreation Management Area (SRMAs): Meadowood SRMA in Virginia and Douglas Point SRMA in Maryland. This public land provide recreation for the public while stewarding the land and its resources. Meadowood and Douglas Point SRMAs is home to hundreds of species from habitat for migratory and resident birds, to meadows full of milkweeds and butterflies, to deer and woodpeckers foraging in our forests.  
 
Our Office is open from 10am to 2pm on the weekdays, and by appointments. You're welcome to stop by our office to learn more about the BLM, our recreation areas, pick up a Jr Ranger book, buy an America the Beautiful Pass, get your Every Kid Outside (4th grader) pass, or sign up for our next volunteer event! Visit our main page to learn more about the Lower Potomac Field Station! 

Meadowood SRMA 

Sometimes the most interesting places are right in our own backyards. For those living near Lorton, Virginia, that couldn't be truer for Meadowood SRMA. This recreation area comprises over 800 acres on Mason Neck in Fairfax County, Virginia. LPFS manages the land to provide open space for recreation, environmental education, and wild horse and burro adoptions. Meadowood provides year-round environmental education programs for homeschoolers, public and private schools, local 4-H groups and community youth agencies.  

There are 13.4 miles of hiking, 7 miles of horseback riding, 6.6 miles of mountain biking, and 2 fishing ponds. Biking at Meadowood offers three trails with their own flavor and style, Yard Sale (known as our downhill pump track) is a fast and flowing rhythm with tabletops; Stinger is a rustic and narrow, predominately hand built trail with natural obstacles; and Boss is a chunky flow trail with rock gardens, drop offs, and three-dimensional wooden features like rolling boardwalks and banked turns. These trails are geared toward the intermediate skilled rider, with options for beginners and experts alike.  

Meadowood also offers three open meadows with native plants and a diverse range of birds and wildlife. A mixed hardwood forest and wetlands fill in the rest of the landscape. Explore the trails to see what Meadowood has to offer! Visit our main page to learn more about Meadowood! 

Douglas Point SRMA 

Douglas Point SRMA located in Charles County, Maryland, consists of 548 acres of forests and marshes for hiking, horseback riding, hunting, birdwatching, and it's a great place for fossil collecting.  There are approximately 2 miles of trails through hardwood forests and coastal wetlands utilized for hiking, hunting, horseback riding, mountain biking, and beachcombing. The Blue Banks Trail provides water access to the Potomac River for fossil hunting and kayaking. Walk back in history along the Chiles Homesite interpretive trail to learn about the history of an 18th-century home and get an opportunity to view the historic structure. Douglas Point lies a mile south of Mallows Bay, where dozens of World War I-era ships were sunk along the Potomac River. Visit our main page to learn more about Douglas Point!