Course Directions
1. Head down the hill away from the park entrance toward picnic areas.
2. Left at bottom of hill at rest rooms along gravel road.
3. Pick up the trail heading into the woods (leftish) and across Hunter Mill Road. Note the trail is marked with white posts with horse shoe markings.
4. The trail (dirt, in the trees) will continue with no real options to get off until Route 7 and Carpers Farm Way.
5. Cross Route 7 (crosswalk, follow pedestrian crossing signal) and follow access road to the right.
6. Follow gravel road until it becomes a dirt path.
7. Stay on the main path crossing the Difficult Run stream twice, eventually ending up at the Difficult Run Stream Valley Trail parking lot at Georgetown Pike (Rt. 193).
8. Turn around and follow steps back to Lake Fairfax Park.