Thanksgiving Day
Lake Fairfax Park at Baron Cameron Avenue
5K Trail Run
Measured: ~5K
View: Start Location
Directions:
- Start at the highest point of the field located across the main road opposite the parking lot inside Lake Fairfax Park
- Following the fresh flour markings, proceed down the hill and to the left, crossing a small stream bed
- Turn right around the picnic table area and proceed up the steep hill to the very large playing field
- Go to the far right end on the field and enter the dirt trail to the right
- This trail emerges onto another large field; proceed across the end of this field, picking up another dirt trail into the woods
- Follow the flour markings along the trail as it dips up and down and turns gradually to the right, finally emerging, at the crossing of a stream bed, into a picnic table area
- Proceed up the hill to the right, then bear left into the camper parking area
- Follow the flour-marked route around the camping area, turning left onto the gravel road leading down to the dam across the southern end of Lake Fairfax
- Proceed across the dam
- Turn right running down the hill across the open field
- Cross the park road to your left and proceed up the hill to the start/finish line
The annual Thanksgiving morning run along this course has become a very popular tradition of the Reston Runners.
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