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Celebrate Halloween at Burke Lake Park in Burke Virginia

Sunday, November 06, 2011

by Nicole Nellis Cockrell - The Nellis Group

Come and Celebrate Halloween early at Burke Lake Park in Fairfax County, Virginia.

7315 Ox Rd, Fairfax Station, VA 22039

There is a great event you need to plan to attend. Burke Lake Park hosts their annual Ghost Train Ride.

The dates for the Ghost train are October 22, 23, 29^th and 30^th10:00am to 6:00pm

The cost is $4.50 a person. Your children will love it. Children under 2 ride free.

The train ride will go through a 1.75 mile loop. You and your children will be surprised by all the characters they can find in the “Haunted Forest”

You will have to come and find out who is hiding.

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Burke Lake Park Trail Map in Fairfax County

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

by Lee Kind - The Nellis Group

If you are a runner, walker, simple hiker or a have a new mountain bike you want to try on trails the 4.7 mile dirt and gravel trail around Burke Lake gives you a beautiful course to enjoy your exercise. The Burke Lake Park trail is only 5-15 minutes away from many subdivisions in Fairfax County including South Run, Barrington & Crosspointe.
There are multiple access points to the trail within the park and people from South Run can even jog on as a connecter trail from their subdivision to Burke Lake.
The path is well maintained and wide so even if it rains, there is room to go around the puddles.

As for the fitness enthusiast, there is a 1.5 mile fitness course with multiple obstacles along the course. To get to the starting point, come in the Burke Lake Park main entrance, turn left, and follow the road past the first parking lot on your right. Go down the hill, and as you crest the top of the hill there will be a gravel parking lot on your right (turn in here), get out of your car, follow the trail down to the main path where you can begin your training.

Obstacles on the right hand side of the course will be performed during your run to the halfway point (.75 miles) at which point you will turn around and then perform the obstacles that are now on your hand side as you make your way back to the start point. You will get a full upper and lower body core workout with exercises such as balancing, calf raises, pull-ups, elevated push-ups, elevated crunches, saddle crossers, and more.

Find out more about me or my fitness training at Lee Kind

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Burke Lake Park in Fairfax County

Thursday, May 05, 2011

by Lee Kind - The Nellis Group

Burke Lake Park is located in the heart of Fairfax County on 888 acres with a 218 acre lake to enjoy and is one of the premier parks in the state of Virginia providing many amenities and activities to excite the young, old, single, married w/kids, you name it... With free entrance to all Fairfax County residents, Burke Lake Park can be an inexpensive entertainment option that is also good (healthy) for you as well. Burke Lake Park hosts a true nature trail that is used for hiking, biking and running throughout the wooded setting wrapping around the lake. Burke Lake Park is rated as one of the 10 best in the nation by the American Hiking Society.

Burke Lake Park includes the largest variety of activities of any park in Northern Virginia: fishing, camping, swimming, boating, hiking, biking, running (short distance, long distance, and 1.5 mile fitness course), volleyball, ultimate Frisbee, golf (par 3 course, mini-golf course, and driving range), picnics, outdoor plays, mini locomotive, and of course tanning in the summer months on beaches and grassy areas. Pets are welcome, as long as doggy bags are used for any tiny deposits.

For more information on Burke Lake Park & other Parks go to: Burke Lake Park

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