Mother Nature's Weaver- MIA LbNA #1293 (ARCHIVED)

Mother Nature's Weaver
1 of 2 Fountainhead State Park boxes
Near Occoquan, VA, Fairfax Co
Park occasionally closed due to weather or events (703-250-9124)
Placed October 20, 2002
From the Apple Dumpling Gang
Difficulty: Moderate hike on well blazed horse trails, about 4 miles round trip


From 123 south (Old Ox Rd), take a right on Hampton Rd and follow signs to the park entrance on the left. Fountainhead has lots of specialty areas like a designated mountain bike trail, archery range, swimming, equestrian trails and even mini golf. Please follow all signs in the park as some areas are not safe to walk in. There are bathrooms, picnic pavilions and soda machines for your convenience.

Park in the first lot on the right and begin your hike at the trail sign in box at the far right corner of the parking lot. The trail entrance is marked by a set of split rail fences (do not start at the set behind the Bull Run sign). See the blue horse shoe blazes? You will follow this trail to both boxes. At the first two fork's you find, go right at both. Follow the blue trail along a fenced in maintenance area on your left and at the next fork, go right again, following the blue trail parallel to the road you drove in on. Keep going past a twisted tree that has fallen over the trail. Shortly the trail will take a sharp left turn away from the road and along a small dry stream bed. A few yards more and you will be stepping over some small fallen logs. If you look to your left you will see a most unusual tree. It is shaped like a perfect backwards number 4! Mother Nature's Weaver is behind the tree under a white rock