45 miles of paved trail, in Northern Virginia, for walking,running, bicycling and skating and 32 miles of adjacent gravel trail for horseback riding.
Operating as usual
Did you know we have a Friends Group? We meet every second Tuesday (virtually) at 7:00 pm. https://www.wodfriends.org/
The Friends Group helps trail staff with purchasing additional equipment, offsetting costs of bathrooms, educational resources, and much more.
We have an opening on the board for a secretary to help keep track of the minutes. If anyone is interested please reach out by direct message or shoot us an email. [email protected]
Everyone have a great day!
Many thanks to the Friends of the W&OD Trail and our neighbors in Arlington who helped clean up the trail in Shirlington this past weekend!
Missed this clean-up? Come help celebrate National Trails Day on April 23rd. More info here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-trails-day-cleanup-on-the-wod-with-bike-walkarlington-tickets-301435390367
Just East of Belmont Blvd the trail will be closed for a max 15 minutes at a time this week as Dominion preps for a major wire pull later next month. The gravel trail remains open currently.
Wiehle Pedestrian Bridge Project
The relocation of AT&T's line, one of the nine utility facilities to be relocated, will begin on the week of March 21, 2022.
To maintain an uninterrupted pedestrian and bike traffic during the utility relocation:
*Trail users will be detoured to the adjacent gravel or paved trail during the utility relocation activity.
*Appropriate traffic control signs will be installed for the closure of sidewalk along Wiehle Avenue.
*Signs will be installed in advance of the closure to direct the pedestrian and bike traffic to use the existing crosswalk at south of Sunset Hills Rd, the crosswalk at Sunset Hills Road/Wiehle Avenue intersection and the crosswalk at Roger Bacon Drive/Isaac Newton Square South intersection.
Want more information? See below!
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/transportation/projects/wiehle-wod-trail
Muskrats under the trail bridge west of Harrison St in Leesburg!
(photos by Elizabeth Ransom)
The W&OD Trail is currently hiring!
Please see the links below for available positions and job descriptions...
https://www.novaparks.com/employment?p=job/oimCgfwg&nl=1
https://www.novaparks.com/employment?p=job/oo4Oifwi&nl=1
This past Saturday, NOVA Parks unveiled a new interpretative sign in front of the historic caboose on the W&OD Trail in Herndon.
In this video, our distinguished guests, Chairman Jeff McKay, Chairman of Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano, and Karen Campblin, President of Fairfax Chapter of the NAACP took turns reading the text on the sign.
New sign at Herndon Caboose Park remembers racial segregation on the railroad.
Herndon Caboose Park, a popular railroad site along the Washington and Old Dominion Trail, has unveiled an historical placard Saturday that describes Virginia’s segregated past on the railroad.
WTOP News
For the complete story please visit: http://ow.ly/tpPb50I667N
New sign at Herndon Caboose Park remembers racial segregation on the railroad | WTOP News Herndon Caboose Park, a popular railroad site along the W&OD Trail, has unveiled a historical placard Saturday that describes Virginia’s segregated past on the railroad.
Photos from Chairman Jeff McKay's post
Over the next month, Dominion Energy contractors will be pulling new underground cables between Sandburg St and Adahi Rd near Vienna; please be alert while travelling this section of trail.
Photos from Chair Phyllis J. Randall's post
Unveiling the Jim Crow interpretive signs in Arlington and Leesburg this past weekend...
W&OD Rail Line Markers Unveiled in Arlington's Bluemont Park
News4’s Derrick Ward reported on the interpretative signs that tell the history of how Jim Crow laws impacted passengers on the once heavily traveled train route.
View the story: http://ow.ly/yUP250I16gx
W&OD Rail Line Markers Unveiled in Arlington's Bluemont Park News4’s Derrick Ward reports on the interactive signs that tell the history of how Jim Crow laws impacted passengers on the once heavily traveled train route.
NOVA Parks will unveil on Saturday a new interpretive sign about how Jim Crow laws affected passengers taking the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) train line in the 1900s, according to a Feb. 14 release.
For the complete story please visit: http://ow.ly/HCaE50HXWhT
NOVA Parks to unveil signs about Jim Crow laws on W&OD Railway Trail NOVA Parks will unveil on Saturday a new interpretive sign about how Jim Crow laws affected passengers taking the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) train line in the 1900s, according
A new interpretive sign is being installed near Bluemont Junction Park to explain how Jim Crow laws impacted passengers riding the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) train line.
The sign is being installed by NOVA Parks and will be outside of the retired train caboose along what is now the W&OD trail. The historic marker is a few minutes walk from Bluemont Junction Park’s parking lot at 601 N. Manchester Street.
For more information please visit: http://ow.ly/IRMp50HVGws
New historic marker at Bluemont Junction Park speaks to impact of Jim Crow laws A new interpretive sign is being installed near Bluemont Junction Park to explain how Jim Crow laws impacted passengers riding the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) train line.
Then and Now: The Hunter Mill shelter, pre-1912 (courtesy of Bob Robb), and an aerial view of the intersection, taken sometime between 1941 and 1951.
https://www.facebook.com/109007997609931/posts/461299909047403/
https://patch.com/virginia/herndon/w-od-trail-closed-herndon-due-downed-power-line
18K Dominion Energy Customers Were Without Electricity To Downed Power Line Dominion Energy is on the scene of a downed power line on the W&OD Trail in Herndon.
The re-decking of the bridge east of Wilson Blvd in Arlington is completed!
Seems fitting with snow in the air that we share this picture today! Anyone have a guess what city/town this is in?
Photo-Paul Dolkos
What words do you associate with “parks?” Maybe you thought of words like trees, trails, picnic-bench, and nature? What about innovation?
This year, NOVA Parks, the City of Falls Church, and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority opened a new section of the trail that has two separate lanes, one for pedestrians and one for cyclists. This will soon be the national model for busy urban trails. Many low-impact building techniques were used or pioneered with this project.
Read the full article by Paul Gilbert, Executive Director of NOVA Parks at: http://ow.ly/i0VA50HyR6X
Luck Stone Quarry
Staff out checking for storm damage! If you see issues please direct message us or email [email protected]!
Almost complete! This is a bridge in Arlington getting a facelift! Hoping to be done tomorrow.
We have many areas of the trail that are still ice covered. Please use caution when walking and biking! This pic is just east of Vienna.
Photos of Falls Church in snow, some 50 years ago.
These images sent to us by Paul McCray, former Manager of the W&OD Trail, more of whose posts can be found at https://www.facebook.com/novahistoryremembered/ .
The trail, sleeping...
A rustic view of the Little Falls bridge, as photographed by Jeff Parker...
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