42 Trails in Sterling, Virginia

Rank Trail Name Difficulty Length (mi) Rating City
1. Wakefield Intermediate difficulty 7 **** Annandale
2. Lake Fairfax Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Reston
3. Lake Accotink Network Beginner difficulty 6.0 **** Springfield
4. Colvin Run Trail Beginner difficulty 4.0 **** Reston
5. Schaeffer Farms Intermediate difficulty 10 **** Germantown
6. Difficult Run Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Fairfax County
7. Black Hill Regional Park Beginner difficulty 12.0 **** Germantown
8. Fox Mill District Park Intermediate difficulty 4.0 *** Reston
9. Seneca Creek State Park Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Germantown
10. South Germantown Pump Track Intermediate difficulty 0.0 ***** Germantown
11. Muddy Branch Greenway Trail Intermediate difficulty 10.0 **** Darnestown
12. Seneca Bluffs Trail Intermediate difficulty 8.0 **** Darnestown
13. Seneca Ridge Trail (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Intermediate difficulty 6.0 **** Germantown
14. Conway Robinson State Forest Beginner difficulty 5.0 **** Gainseville
15. Freedom Center Intermediate difficulty 5.0 **** Lucketts
16. C&O Canal Easiest difficulty 183.0 *** Washington
17. Folkstone Park Trail Intermediate difficulty 2.0 ** Herndon
18. River Road Dirt Section Easiest difficulty 5.0 **** Poolesville
19. Hoyles Mill Connector Beginner difficulty 8.0 **** Germantown
20. Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Beginner difficulty 7.0 **** Gaithersburg
21. Ten Mile Creek (Black Hill Regional Park) Beginner difficulty 6.0 ***** Boyds
22. Mill Creek Park Dirt Jumps Advanced difficulty 1.0 **** Annandale
23. Great Falls National Park Intermediate difficulty 6.0 *** Mclean
24. Washington and Old Dominion Trail Easiest difficulty 90.0 *** Northern Virginia
25. Centerville Power Lines Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Centerville
26. Two Creeks Trail Area Beginner difficulty 1.0 *** Leesburg
27. 495 Jump Trail Easiest difficulty 3 **** Annandale / Fairfax
28. Little Bennett Regional Park Beginner difficulty 10.0 *** Clarksburg
29. Copper Creek Intermediate difficulty 1.0 *** Herndon
30. Clopper Lake (Seneca Creek State Park Trail) Beginner difficulty 3.0 *** Germantown
31. The Grant Beginner difficulty 8.0 *** Ashburn
32. Horsepen Run / Algoinkian Park Beginner difficulty 7.0 *** Sterling
33. Elizabeth Mills Riverfront Park Trail Beginner difficulty 6.0 *** Leesburg
34. Beaver Dam Reservoir Beginner difficulty 2 ** Ashburn
35. Highside Trail Advanced difficulty 2.0 ** Lansdowne
36. Pepco Beginner difficulty 6.0 ** North Potomac
37. The Greens Easiest difficulty 6.0 * Aldie
38. Red Rock Regional Park difficulty 2.0 Leesburg
39. 495 Downhill difficulty 0.0 Annandale
40. James Long Regional Park difficulty 4.0 Haymarket
41. Watts Branch Forest Preserve difficulty 1.0 Rockville
42. Section 7 difficulty 6.5 Fairfax County

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