Hiking at Leesylvania State Park

Bushey Point Trail

The Bushey Point Trail is an easy 1.8 mile handicap accessible trail with a hard-packed rock dust surface. It can be accessed from the parking lot near the boat ramp, from the road near the Group Camp, or from the Powell's Creek Trail. The trail closely follows the path of Powell's Creek and the Potomac shore. Along the trail you will find convenient benches and several overlooks of the nearby waterways. The trail has some wet areas which are easily navigated by handicap accessible boardwalks. The trail passes the small boat launching area where canoes are available for rent. Osprey, bald eagles, blue heron and a variety of frogs can be seen and heard along this trail. Thanks to funds and volunteer labor donated by Dominion Power, the trail also offers a variety of exercise stations located at strategic intervals.

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Lee's Woods Trail

The Lee's Woods Trail Is a 1.96 mile moderate difficulty trail with a hard-packed dirt and rock dust surface and terraced steps which is accessible from the road near the entrance to the picnic area. This interpretive trail loops through historic ground including the sites of the homesteads of the Fairfax and Lee families, the Lee family cemetery and gardens, and Free Stone Point. As the trail loops out to Free Stone Point, you are walking the same ground where, General Robert E. Lee ordered the blockade of the Potomac during the Civil War hoping to cut off the North's water access to Washington D.C. Free Stone Point offered an elevated position where a battery of 32 pound cannons was positioned. At the point, you can see a cannon and imagine the deadly plunging fire the South could rain down upon approaching ships.

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Potomac Heritage Trail

The Potomac Heritage Trail is a 2.3 mile moderate difficulty trail with a hard-packed dirt and rock dust surface which is accessible from the Park office and Powell's Creek trail. The Potomac Heritage Trail is part of the greater Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail under the National Trails System. The section in Leesylvania will eventually link up with sections to both the north and south. According to the National Park Service the trail is designed to let you "Experience the Corridor of Commerce First Imagined by George Washington." Linking the Potomac and upper Ohio river basins from Chesapeake Bay and Potomac tidewater to Allegheny Highlands, this scenic trail network lets you retrace by foot, bicycle, horse, or boat - the corridor George Washington explored as essential to U.S. national development.

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Potomac Trail

The Potomac Trail is a half mile handicap accessible trail with a hard-packed rock dust surface that parallels the beach between the boat landing area and the fishing pier. The trail passes through the picnic grounds and features beautiful views of the Potomac.

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Powell's Creek Trail

The Powell's Creek Trail is a 1.28 mile moderate difficulty loop which is accessible from a small parking lot approximately 200 yards past the park entrance and Contact Station or from the Bushey Point Trail. The trail winds through a mature hardwood forest consisting of a variety of trees including Red Oak, White Oak, Maple, Sweet Gum, Tulip Popular, Mountain Laurel and Paw Paw. A bridge crosses the ravine and Powell's Creek followed by terraced steps that climb out of the ravine to the trail and back to the trail head.

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