20 Great Places to Hike to See Loudoun Fall Foliage

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA – With peak Fall foliage color periods expected in October, now is a great time to plan to go on a hike in beautiful Loudoun County. Here are 20 great places in the county to experience Loudoun’s great outdoors, according to the The Piedmont Environmental Council 's Loudoun Outdoors Guide. The locations are listed by hike difficulty.

Click on the links to access the park websites. Be sure to verify hours of operation. Click here to read the Loudoun Outdoors Guide, which includes descriptions of each park/trail.

Happy hiking!

Easy:

• Algonkian Regional Park, Sterling
• Bles Park, Ashburn
• Claude Moore Park, Sterling
• Edwards Landing Park, Leesburg
• Franklin Park, Purcellville
• Rust Sanctuary, Leesburg
• Temple Hall Farm Regional Park, Leesburg

Easy to moderate:

• Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, Purcellville
• Keep Loudoun Beautiful Park, Leesburg

Moderate:

• Appalachian Trail / Bears Den Trail Center, Bluemont
• Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park, Leesburg
• Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, Leesburg
• Blue Ridge Regional Park, Bluemont
• Evergreen Mills Equestrian and Hiking Trail, Leesburg
• Elizabeth Mills Riverfront Park, Leesburg
• Red Rock Wilderness Overlook Regional Park, Leesburg
• Trail at Janelia Farms, Leesburg
• Two Creeks Trail Area, Leesburg

Moderate to hard:

• Appalachian Trail/Blackburn Trail Center, Round Hill

Hard:

• Appalachian Trail / Loudoun Heights, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

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