73 Trails in Fairfax County, Virginia

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Fountainhead Regional Park Intermediate difficulty 13.0 ***** Fairfax
2. Wakefield Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Annandale
3. Fairland Recreational Park Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Burtonsville
4. Lake Fairfax Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Reston
5. Lake Accotink Network Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Springfield
6. Colvin Run Trail Beginner difficulty 4.0 **** Reston
7. Schaeffer Farms Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Germantown
8. Meadowood Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Lorton
9. Difficult Run Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Fairfax County
10. Black Hill Regional Park Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Germantown
11. Quantico Trail Intermediate difficulty 11.0 **** Quantico
12. Laurel Hill Park Beginner difficulty 9.0 **** Lorton
13. Fox Mill District Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Reston
14. Seneca Creek State Park Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Germantown
15. South Germantown Pump Track Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Germantown
16. Muddy Branch Greenway Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Darnestown
17. Ronald C. McDonnell Campground Loop Intermediate difficulty 3.0 **** Bethesda
18. Seneca Bluffs Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Darnestown
19. Seneca Ridge Trail (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Germantown
20. Conway Robinson State Forest Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Gainseville
21. Freedom Center Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Lucketts
22. C&O Canal Easiest difficulty 183.0 *** Washington
23. Folkstone Park Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ** Herndon
24. Cabin John Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Bethesda
25. Wincopin (Savage) Trail Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Columbia
26. River Road Dirt Section Easiest difficulty 5.0 **** Poolesville
27. Lake Needwood Trails Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Rockville
28. Hoyles Mill Connector Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Germantown
29. Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Gaithersburg
30. Ten Mile Creek (Black Hill Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Boyds
31. Mill Creek Park Dirt Jumps Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Annandale
32. Great Falls National Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mclean
33. Bull Run Occoquan Trail Advanced difficulty 12.0 **** Fairfax Station
34. Fort Circle Trail / Fort Dupont Park Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Washington
35. Washington and Old Dominion Trail Easiest difficulty 90.0 *** Northern Virginia
36. Centerville Power Lines Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Centerville
37. Two Creeks Trail Area Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Leesburg
38. Burke Lake Easiest difficulty 4 *** Burke
39. L. F. Cosca Regional Park Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Clinton
40. 495 Jump Trail Easiest difficulty 3 **** Annandale / Fairfax
41. Little Bennett Regional Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Clarksburg
42. Copper Creek Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Herndon
43. Cosca Regional Park Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Clinton
44. Clopper Lake (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Germantown
45. Lower Magruder Trail Intermediate difficulty 4.0 **** Damascus
46. South Run Valley Stream Easiest difficulty 15.0 **** Fairfax
47. The Grant Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Ashburn
48. Creekside Trail (Little falls park) Beginner difficulty 1.0 ***** Bethesda
49. Horsepen Run / Algoinkian Park Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Sterling
50. Elizabeth Mills Riverfront Park Trail Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Leesburg

Know of a new mountain bike trail not listed here? Please tell us about it using this form. Find mountain bike trails near you or for even more trail inspiration and how we ranked the mountain bike trails, see this list of the best mountain bike trails in the world.