Riverbend Park

     We had done hike to Riverbend Park on 1st July . It is located in Great Falls, Virginia State.

Hike Location
Name: Riverbend Park
Distance: 20 miles from Herndon(approx)
Total hiking distance: 4.5 miles.
Elevation Gain: 300 ft
Hike Team:  my wife and me.

Hiking Experience: Started around 8:36 am in the morning. Reached our destination around 9:06 am. It was a small hike of 4.5 miles and decided to complete soon and reach home by noon.It was cloudy when we started the hike.

There were so many cars in the parking lot as this trail was famous around the region and it passes by the side of the potomac river. The trail starts through the picnic area and then slowly leads to the jungle. the trail is very narrow and covered with small trees on both sides. There were so many Virginia native trees along the trail and their names were also put up on the boards. We could see the potomac river to our right and tall huge trees to our left. Soon the trail got wider and then we were in the middle of the jungle.The steep of the trail increased. Slowly we hiked further and reached a small wooden bridge. we continued our blue blazed trail and then took left onto Red blazed Bootlegger trail. We crossed a pond (almost looks like a Moor) to our right. The trail has so many bends and curves and ups and downs. We climbed small wooden steps on our trail. The path led us to Meadow and it has bird houses to its left. we saw a deer in the meadow running into the midst of the farm.

We then reached the entrance of the park , crossed the road and continued hike on our trail. There were pink ribbons on the trail which guided us on the trail. We hiked down further and reached the intersection of another trail where there was a beautiful farm house. We came across many trails on our hike. We had biscuits and grapes around 10:20 am  and then resumed our hike around 10:38 am. Sun came up and could feel the heat even though the path was covered with trees. We then completed the loop and reached the entrance of the park and retraced our steps back to parking lot.  We have met many fellow hikers along the trail and thoroughly enjoyed the hike. We reached the parking lot around 12:00 pm. Done some exercises and left for home around 12:10 pm. Reached home around 12:45 pm. All is well.

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