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Orange and Potomac Heritage Trail Loop route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
Virginia

Orange and Potomac Heritage Trail Loop

Great Falls, Virginia

2.1 mi

Distance

358 ft

Elev. Gain

49m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Orange and Potomac Heritage Trail Loop unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:59 ft
Max:131 ft
Gain:109 ft
Loss:109 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 59 ft and 131 ft across 2.1 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.59 ft83 ft107 ft131 ft0.0 mi0.5 mi1.0 mi1.6 mi2.1 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi120 ft
High point1.9 mi131 ft
End2.1 mi120 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Lowes Island, VA · in or next to town
County:
Fairfax County, VA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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