Washington, DC: South Fork Quantico Creek Loop

Go ahead: Bag work early and swing off the Beltway for a quick 4-mile hike or trail run through the rolling piedmont of Prince William Forest Park.

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Author:	Backpacker Magazine
Date:	18 May 2007 9:32:51 AM
Activity:	Hiking ActivitySearchHiking
State:	Virginia (VA)
Distance:	3.77 mi (Change units)
Survey Elevation:	Total Gain: 503 ft Total Loss: 498 ft Net Change: 5 ft
Difficulty:	4 / 10
Tags:	Washington D.C., Virginia, Prince William Forest Park, Waterfall Hikes, Triangle
Rating:	Unrated Rate it

TO TRAILHEAD: I-5 to WA 503 E. Road becomes FR 90. Continue on 90 for 30 mi., and turn R after Pine Creek Info Center, staying on FR 90. Go 3.5 mi. to Lewis River Falls Recreation Area. Turn R off entrance road and park.

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Distance: 3.77 mi	Points: 286	Calories: none
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South Valley Track

Points of Interest

SVT001

Location: 38.580669, -77.392792
Pick up orange-blazed High Meadows Trail heading W. Footnote: In WWII, these forests were used as a training camp for spies

SVT002

Location: 38.581039, -77.395752
Hard L; drop down from ridge draped in white and red oak, and over two streams

SVT003

Location: 38.576740, -77.398987
Cross wooden bridge in stream-lined hollow and climb over a mound sloping into South Fork Quantico Creek

SVT004

Location: 38.574242, -77.401894
R onto white-blazed South Valley Trail; dense ferns on path

SVT005

Location: 38.573830, -77.404152
Head up and away from stream on moderate ascent

SVT006

Location: 38.576927, -77.408905
Deep cover of young beech and yellow poplar grow in damp creek soils. In 100 yds., cross large wood bridge built by the Sierra Club based on a Michelangelo design

SVT007

Location: 38.577999, -77.410278
Waterfall rolls from inky-black Lake 5 over small dam; to W are fields and rustic houses of Happy land Cabin Camp 5 (reservable, some year-round); camp and dam built by CCC in '30s. Follow creek N past boulder piles