Scott’s Run Nature Preserve is 18.7 miles from my starting point!
“You won’t find a closer waterfall hike to the Metro DC area. One mile from the beltway on Georgetown Pike, the Scott’s Run Nature Preserve is a little piece of wilderness saved from urban sprawl. Originally the Burling Tract, it avoided development in the 1970’s and was renamed the Dranesville District Park. Today it is known as the Scott’s Run Nature Preserve.
We have outlined a loop of 2.2 miles here, however the preserve has many interconnecting trails on its 384 acres. The Fairfax County Park Authority doesn’t blaze or name any of the trails, but there is little chance of getting lost. You can’t go any further north than the Potomac, and Georgetown Pike borders the property to the south. This hike has trails that range from the very easy to quite difficult.”