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Great Falls Park is a small National Park Service (NPS) site in Virginia, United States. Situated on 800 acres (3.2 km 2 ) along the banks of the Potomac River in northern Fairfax County , the park is a disconnected but integral part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway . [ 1 ]
passes required only for Great Falls Tavern area; passes valid at Great Falls Park: Washington D.C. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: Maryland: $15 per-person Adams National Historical Park: Massachusetts: $15 per-person Cape Cod National Seashore: Massachusetts: $25 per-vehicle Isle Royale National Park: Michigan: $7 per-person
Great Falls Park as seen from Spruce Street. The Great Falls hydroelectric plant has three Kaplan type turbines with a total capacity of 10.95 Mwe. Flow through each turbine is 710 cfs, with a total flow of 2,130 cfs, 1,377 MGD. Three 8.5' diameter penstocks feed the turbines, with a velocity 12.5 ft/sec and 8.5 mph.
Waste disposal bags and garbage cans are readily available, and drinking fountains for both dogs and humans is also in place at the dog park. The Great Falls City Commission approved the creation ...
The pump house at the Great Falls — which is still functioning and critical to the water supply in Paterson, Passaic and Clifton — will be renovated. This Great Falls Historical Park building ...
The Virginia side of the Potomac River at Great Falls is managed by the Superintendent of the parkway as a national park site, known as Great Falls Park. Some elements of the proposed final parkway configuration—such as the concrete bridge that would have carried northbound traffic at the Glen Echo turn-around—were built but have never been ...
PATERSON — Construction on the expansion of the Great Falls National Historical Park has paused during the winter as government officials hold private meetings about the dangers posed by ...
The Difficult Run trail enters Great Falls Park and offers views of the Potomac River and Great Falls. The trail is 4.9 miles roundtrip and is estimated to take 2.5 hours. [7] The various trails of Great Falls National Park (Ridge trail, Matildaville trail, Swamp trail, and Old Carriage Road) are also accessible from this hike.