2010 Potomac Watershed Cleanup
Accotink Creek Watershed
weekends, April 3 thru May 1


All Friends of Accotink Creek Activities earn student Community Service hours.

Friends of Accotink Creek and The Fairfax Watershed Network are partnering with the Alice Ferguson Foundation to coordinate the 22nd Annual Potomac Watershed Cleanup in Fairfax County.

Friends of Accotink Creek and The Fairfax Watershed Network, which includes the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District, invite volunteers to join with others to make our waterways healthy and attractive for wildlife and visitors.

Since 1989, the Alice Ferguson Foundation has spearheaded the Potomac Watershed Cleanup. Now the largest regional event of its kind, the cleanup has engaged over 50,000 volunteers and 375 partners and removed more than 3 million tons of trash from the Potomac Watershed. The detrimental effects of trash are numerous:

  • Trash harms wildlife and water quality;
  • Decreases property values;
  • Hurts businesses, recreation and tourism;
  • Costs local governments precious funds for cleanup and removal;
  • Poorly reflects the pride residents of the region should feel for their neighborhoods.

How can you help? - Join us at one, two, or as many cleanups as you like.

Have friends? - Let them know. Invite them to join. Spread the word. Your club, school, business, or other group is welcome to join!

Are you a leader? - Take charge of one or more cleanup sites, by registering and directing volunteers. We provide supplies for the day of the cleanup, including trash bags, gloves, and sign-in sheets.

See how others contributed to last year's cleanup.

To volunteer to help clean the Accotink Creek watershed, contact Friends of Accotink Creek. Also, check our calendar April May. Or, after March 1st, check the Alice Ferguson web site.

Want to stop litter before it starts? Contact your Virginia legislators to support HOUSE BILL NO. 1115 putting a 5-cent tax on disposable shopping bags.

All Friends of Accotink Creek Activities earn student Community Service hours.

April 3 Cleanup Locations:

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Accotink Creek at Franconia-Springfield Parkway bridge

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Accotink Creek at Fullerton Road bridge

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Accotink Creek at Telegraph Road bridge

April 10 Cleanup Location:

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM     Accotink Creek at Braddock Road bridge
Dominion Sisterhood Juniorettes Club will join us at this site. Support them by bringing donations for their collection for Operation Smile.

April 17 Cleanup Locations:

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Accotink Creek at Pickett Road bridge

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Accotink Creek at Barkley Dr bridge

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Accotink Creek at Prosperity Ave bridge

April 24 EARTH DAY Cleanup Locations:

Combine your day of volunteering with a visit to the annual Earth Day / Arbor Day event at the nearby Northern Virginia Community College campus. Visit the Friends of Accotink Creek display!

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Accotink Creek at Woodburn Road bridge

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Accotink Creek at Little River Tpk bridge
SUGGESTED EARTH DAY DONATION $5 (This site only, students exempt)

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Accotink Creek at King Arthur Road bridge

May 1 Cleanup Locations:

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM     Accotink Creek at Chain Bridge Road bridge

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM     Accotink Creek at Fairfax Blvd bridge

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM     Accotink Creek at Old Lee Hwy bridge


MAP of Cleanup locations


Other opportunities to be part of the solution in the Accotink Creek watershed:
  • April 10, 2010: Lake Accotink Park's spring watershed cleanup day ,   9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • April 10, 2010: Hunters Branch, Fairfax, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm contact Jack Buckley, E-mail
  • April 10, 2010: Calamo Branch, Springfield, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm contact Kathy Seaman, E-mail
  • April 10, 2010: Thaiss Park, Fairfax City, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, No contact info for organizer Jack Fugiel, just be there!
Combine your cleanup volunteer experience with the Trash-a-Thon and the Potomac River Watershed Cleanup Photo Contest!

   

Directions to Accotink Creek Watershed
Fairfax County, VA Cleanup Sites

Accotink Creek at Barkely Dr: From I-495 take Exit 8 to Arlington Blvd (50) west, go about two miles and turn left on Barkley Drive, take first left onto Karen Drive. Parking on Karen Drive, continue south on Barkley on foot 60 yds to creek.

Accotink Creek at Braddock Road: From I-495 take Exit 5 onto Braddock Road (620) west, take first right into Wakefield Park (Audrey Moore Rec Center), turn left into ballfield parking lot, walk five minutes south on trail to bridge.

Accotink Creek at Chain Bridge Rd: From I-66 take Exit 60 onto Chain Bridge Road (123) south, go about one mile and turn left onto Kenmore Drive. Parking on Kenmore Drive. Walk back to Chain Bridge Rd and meet there.

Accotink Creek at Fairfax Blvd: From I-66 take Exit 60 onto Chain Bridge Road (123) south, turn left at 2nd light onto Fairfax Blvd/Lee Hwy (29/50), go about one mile and turn left at Rebel Run into Regency Furniture/P.J. Skidoo parking lot. This is where we will meet.

Accotink Creek at Franconia - Springfield Parkway: From I-95 take Exit 169 onto Old Keene Mill Road (644) west, go about 1.5 miles and turn left onto Hunter Village Drive. Go about 1/2 mile. Park on road by Rockledge Ct and meet there. Access is the trail on left down hill to Accotink creek.

Accotink Creek at Fullerton Road: From I-95 take Exit 167 onto Backlick Road, first right on Fullerton Road. Go about .75 mile, turn left onto Boston Blvd, first left into Costco and left again, passing the front entrance. Parking in far corner of Costco lot by tire shop is where we will meet. Access creek from corner of Costco lot next to tire shop

Accotink Creek at King Arthur Road: From I-495 take Exit 6 to Little River Tpk. (236) west, after first light immediately turn right on King Arthur Road, go about .5 mile to bridge. Park on King Arthur Road and meet near the bridge/ trailhead.

Accotink Creek at Old Lee Hwy: From I-66 take Exit 62 onto Nutley Street (243) south, at end of Nutley turn right on Arlington Blvd (50), go about .75 miles to Fairfax Circle and turn left on Old Lee Hwy. Parking near bridge, across the street from Arties/Bowl America (near Home Depot lot), is where we meet.

Accotink Creek at Little River Turnpike: From I-495 take Exit 6 to Little River Tpk. (236) west, take first left at Pineridge Drive, immediately turn left again on Accotink Pkwy to Americana Park on left. Parking in Americana Park near Delayed Harvest Trout Waters sign.

Accotink Creek at Pickett Rd: From I-495 take Exit 8 to Arlington Blvd (50) west, go about three miles and turn left on Pickett Road, then take first left into Thaiss Park. Meet at CCT trail head

Accotink Creek at Prosperity Ave: From I-495 take Exit 8 to Arlington Blvd (50) west, go about 1.5 miles, turn left on Prosperity Ave. (699), go about one mile to Eakin Park on left. Parking in Eakin Park.

Accotink Creek at Telegraph Road: From I-95 take Exit 166A onto Fairfax county Pkwy (7100) south, go about one mile and turn right on Telegraph Road (611), go about .75 mile and turn right on Telegraph Square Drive and right into parking lot alongside Telegraph Road. Meet at far end of the parking lot.

Accotink Creek at Woodburn Rd: From I-495 take Exit 6 to Little River Tpk. (236) west, go about two miles and turn right on Woodburn Road (before Exxon station), bear right past fire station. Continue north on Woodburn. Parking along street after Accotink Creek Bridge.

Accotink Creek at Thaiss Park: from 495 take route 50 (Arlington Blvd.)towards Fairfax. Turn left on Pickett Rd. Turn left into the Pickett Road ball Field (Thaiss Park).

Lake Accotink Park: Lake Accotink may be reached from I-95 by taking Old Keene Mill Rd. west to right on Hanover Ave. Turn left on Highland Ave. and then right on Accotink Park Rd. Entrance is on the left.

Accotink Creek at Wakefield Park, Audrey Moore RECenter: Beltway Exit 54A which is Braddock Road west for one quarter mile to the park entrance on the right (Queensberry Ave). Take second left into the ballpark parking lot.