Saturday, October 30, 2010

Walking Tour of CAHH Parks

“Hollin Hills is a development in Fairfax County, Virginia, about 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. It has about 450 houses. It was designed by Charles Goodman and developed by Robert Davenport.” Source Credit: Hollin Hills website.

The Civic Association of Hollin Hills (CAHH) owns and maintains seven small parks in the community: the Wildlife Sanctuary; Sutton Potter Park; Brickelmaier Park; Charles Goodman Park; Paul Spring Park; "Mac" McCalley Park; and Voigt Memorial Park. The following interactive map shows the locations of the entrances to the CAHH parks; a non-Flash map is provided for users of Apple mobile devices.

[Flash map with photos...]

Walking Tour of CAHH Parks


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[Non-Flash map...]

Walking Tour of CAHH Parks at EveryTrail
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All of the parks are located along streams except Sutton Potter Park and McCalley Park. The Wildlife Refuge extends from Woodlawn Trail to the dogleg in the road at Boswell Avenue and Delafield Place. Two parks straddle creeks that are tributaries of Paul Spring, a stream that runs along Paul Spring Road: Brickelmaier Park runs from Popkins Lane to Paul Spring Road; Goodman Park runs from Marthas Road to Paul Spring Road. Paul Spring Park runs along Paul Spring from the intersection of Rebecca Drive and Paul Spring Road to the intersection of Rippon Road and Paul Spring Road, directly across the street from McCalley Park and Voigt Park. The upstream end of Paul Spring Park is near White Oaks Park, a mid-size park maintained by Fairfax County Park Authority.

Sutton Potter Park was featured in an article that appeared in Washingtonian Magazine, "Best of 2004: Sledding Hills." I shot two photos from a viewpoint about halfway up the long hill: one looking downhill; another looking uphill. Trust me, neither photo provides a sense of the true steepness of the hillslope -- a sled ride downhill could be either extremely exhilarating or very terrifying! The park entrance is located at the 7400 block of Range Road; another entrance (see photo) is located behind the townhouses along Windbreak Drive.

The following photos show scenes from each of the CAHH parks. Users of Apple mobile devices should follow the hyperlink to "CAHH Parks," one of my Picasa Web Albums.

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Picasa Web Album: CAHH Parks

Tech Tips: All photos were taken using the built-in camera of my Apple iPhone 3G; the photos were geotagged automatically by the iPhone’s GPS receiver. For more info regarding the parks of Hollin Hills, see indexes of maps, still photos, and video clips.

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