Prince William County

In Prince William County, the Trust holds 18 conservation easements and protects 1,567 acres across the county. These lands serve the community in many ways, including conserving working farms, providing recreational opportunities, protecting water quality, and offering scenic open space. Landowners in Prince William County have worked with the Trust to protect environmentally important sites like these:

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• Leopold's Preserve; 380 acres of natural land with publicly accessible trails at Villages of Piedmont, in Haymarket;

• Two separate parcels of conserved land—about 18 acres each– that will become parks, one for the Town of Occoquan, the other now owned by the county;

• Three stream mitigation bank sites (Forest Greens Golf Club, Locust Shade Park, and James S. Long Park) are on Prince William County-owned land

• Parks and preserves, including:

  • Locust Shade Park

  • James S. Long Park

  • Doves Landing Park

  • Leopold’s Preserve

  • Preserve at Long Branch

  • Woodborne Preserve

• Property in Dumfries hosting a threatened orchid species, the small whorled pogonia

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NVCT welcomes opportunities to engage with the community, and we are eager to meet with landowners about prospects for permanently protecting important lands.​​

Open space and natural areas in Prince William County