Hike through Occoquan Regional Park, Stroll through Occoquan, and Visit WorkhouSE Arts Center
Hike with the Sierra Club about 7 miles largely on asphalt trails at a moderately fast pace from the wonderful WORKHOUSE ARTS CENTER (DC's former infamous Lorton Reformatory prison & the gateway to Laurel Hill's hiking, equestrian, & mountain-biking trails) downhill to OCCOQUAN REGIONAL PARK (the riverside start of Fairfax's 40.5-mile Cross County Trail & where a memorial is planned for suffragettes -- female civil rights leaders -- who were jailed nearby for demanding the right to vote) & then cross the "hidden" pedestrian-only bridge over the Occoquan River to the quaint TOWN OF OCCOQUAN. (No public transportation but hikers can message each other to arrange carpooling. WAC is open 12-5 Sundays. Public restrooms in buildings W-16, W-3, & W-11.)
click here to register-
http://www.meetup.com/sierrapotomac/events/234552018
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1. WORKHOUSE ART CENTER, 9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton, VA (Route 123, roughly 2 miles north of I-95). Meeting Point: 38°41'51.8"N 77°15'19.7"W (By W16 on Workhouse Way. See Workhouse's clickable campus map below, where it says "You Are Here.")
http://www.workhousearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Workhouse-Campus-Map.pdf
Redevelopment:
2. OCCOQUAN REGIONAL PARK: https://www.novaparks.com/parks/occoquan-regional-park
3. TOWN OF OCCOQUAN: http://www.occoquanva.gov/
https://historicoccoquan.com/images/2016/Occoquan%20Map%209-16.pdf
-------------------MAPS/MISC.-------------------
1. Fairfax County's Great New "Trail Buddy" mapping: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/trails/
2. Laurel Hill Hiking, Equestrian, & Mountain-biking Map:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/plandev/downloads/lh_equest-trails.pdf
3. Fairfax's (dirt, asphalt, & sidewalk) Cross County Trail (officially: The Gerry Connolly Cross County Trail): http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/cct/
4. CCT's Laurel Hill Region Map:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/cct/downloads/cct-0-laurel-hill-greenway.pdf
5. Suffragist Memorial: https://suffragistmemorial.org
