Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area

News:

• New 2006 Meadowood Recreation Area Trail Map is located here  (pdf, 1175kb).
  All trailheads and parking are located on Old Colechester Road and Harley Road.



• Audubon Society of Northern Virginia field bird surveys scheduled for Meadowood
Location: 10406 Gunston Road
Dates:
24 January, Wed. 7:30 AM
7 February, Wed. 7:30 AM
21 February, Wed. 7:30 AM
Contact Jim Waggner (703) 567-3555



• Meadowood Parking Decision Document (pdf 253k)
• Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area - Integrated Activity Management Plan/Environmental Assessment (PDF, 2200K)
  
  

• Trails Now Open: ( see MAP)
• Wood Thrush Trail
• Mustang Trail
• Thompson Creek Trail

The first public use of Meadowood SRMA, the Wood Thrush hiking trail, opened in April 2003. MAP

Meadowood SRMA Acquisition

BACKGROUND: On October 18, 2001 the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States acquired 800 acres of the Meadowood SRMAs to manage it to provide open space for recreation, environmental education, and wild horse and burro interpretation.

The 800-acre Mason Neck peninsula, approximately 18 miles south of Washington, D.C., is also the site of Gunston Hall - historic home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Bill of Rights. Public uses on Mason Neck include the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mason Neck State Park managed by the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Pohick Bay Regional Park managed by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. Cooperative management of this rural area provides 500 acres for recreation while protecting natural resources. Habitat is provided for migratory and resident waterfowl, bald eagle nesting, feeding, and roosting, and enhancement of species diversity for a variety of wildlife, including blue heron, wood ducks, screech owls, bluebirds, and tree frogs.

The acquisition helps achieve Presidential and Departmental goals to protect and conserve public land and natural resources. Though not an exchange, per se, the acquisition was tied to the transfer of approximately 235 acres of land that has been identified for residential development under the 1999 Reuse Plan at the former Lorton Prison site.

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