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Difficult Run and the Fairfax Cross County Trail:
The northern half of the Fairfax Cross County Trail follows the the Difficult Run Stream Valley. Ending just below the rapids of Great Falls on the Potomac River, Difficult Run stretches into the heart of Fairfax County. This section of the Fairfax Cross County Trail avoids housing developments for many of its fifteen miles. Less than a quarter mile is on roads. How is this possible? Because the county banned the construction of housing in flood plains, the banks of Difficult Run form a suburban greenway, a de facto linear park. Imagine walking for miles without seeing cars in Fairfax County, the largest suburb of Washington, D.C.!
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