When they first met, Arsad Ur Rahman and Tahrin Afrin used to pick up breakfast and sit at a picnic table at Lake Accotink and talk about their future together. Breakfast was always a cup of Hazelnut ...

Fairfax County Park Authority began the master plan revision process for local park, Lake Accotink. Community members attended a public information meeting March 14 at Cardinal Forest Elementary ...

A canoe ride or hike around Lake Accotink in Springfield is a summertime staple for many Fairfax County residents. The 55-acre lake and the 493-acre wooded park surrounding it offer ample ...

In Springfield, hidden by lines of trees and tucked away into neighborhoods, sits Lake Accotink Park, a beautiful natural space that has long served as a refuge for wildlife and people alike from the ...

At Lake Accotink Park in Springfield, 26 horses are raring to get out of the gate.The horses are part of an antique carousel on the bank of Lake Accotink, which will open again starting May 3 for the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Lake Accotink will resume water activities on Sunday after a sewage spill upstream forced its closure on Saturday. Wastewater Management announced the closure out of an abundance of ...

Fairfax County is known for its recreational areas, and the 478-acre Lake Accotink Park in Springfield is a favorite. Its trail, picnic facilities and carousel draw families, naturalists, historians, ...

It is going to take more than a year, but Lake Accotink is about to get a little deeper. An $8 million dredging project recently began with construction of a pipeline nearly three miles long that will ...

A Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer shot and killed a suspected rabid coyote on Sunday in the area surrounding Lake Accotink Park. The officer was part of a search group looking for the animal, ...

Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday created a task force charged with recommending whether the sediment-filled Lake Accotink should be restored, an effort to balance local sentiments over ...