Accotink Artspace

Find art where you find it!

Accotink Creek provides inspiration for some, a gallery for others. See what others have seen and done along Accotink Creek, and if you spot Art of the Accotink that should be shared, let us know.



Slouching Bird, Hooes Road bridge, 2018


An lament for aquatic invertebrates,
penned by a Girl Scout who joined us for stream monitoring.


In memoriam - Prince, Old Lee Hwy bridge, 2016


Spirit Rider of the Accotink, already fading back to the spirit world when spotted
Cross County Trail at Route 236, 2016


The tagger “Floss”, formerly just a vandal, becomes an artist with a message of oral hygiene.
Pickett Road bridge, 2016


Poetic thoughts of cleanup volunteer Brian, 2016


Mathematical muse incribes Fibonacci sequence at 495 walkway to Wakefield Park, 2013


"Accotink from the old bridge at Wakefield Park" ink drawing by Giulio Porta


"Accotink Creek" by Isabel Greenberg


Paint Gun Pete? Trashman Tail Gunner? Waste Warrior?
Sculpture by Bill Nell, from trash found on one day, 15 September 2012





Acrobat under the I-95 bridge


Taunting Message to Accotink Creek from the HOT Lanes Construction -


- And the response.



"AHEM" under Franconia-Springfield Parkway bridge


The late lamented "dragon" mural of the Fullerton Road bridge