Open fires are prohibited throughout the park from midnight to 4 p.m. through April 30 per the 4 p.m. Burning Law. This includes wood and charcoal. Gas is permissible. Campground fires are allowed during the restricted time if a camp host is on duty and signage to that effect is posted in the campground. Failure to observe the 4 p.m. Burning Law can result in a fine. Contact the Park Office for additional information.

Audubon Bird Walk

Location of Mason Neck State Park in Virginia

Where

Mason Neck State Park, 7301 High Point Rd., Lorton, VA 22079.
Playground Area

When

April 14, 2024. 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia and Mason Neck State Park are pleased to offer a bird walk in Mason Neck State Park!

We will meet on the grass near the playground. When you arrive at the park, drive towards the visitor center, and then follow signs for the picnic area (if you’re right next to the visitor center, you’ve gone too far).

Trails in the woods are not paved and run up and down the hillside. There are occasionally roots and downed trees along the path, plus short steep grades, a number of which have built-in stairs into the terrain.

Your birding guide is John Colpoys, an avid birder and experienced bird walk leader.

If you have binoculars, please bring them with you.

Registration is recommended but not required. Register here: https://www.audubonva.org/asnv-events/bird-walk-mason-neck-20240323

We will be documenting the birds we see in eBird and the leader will share the ebird list with you after the walk. If you don't already have an eBird account, you can sign up for a free one here: https://ebird.org/home

little brown bird in a tree

Other details

Standard parking or admission fee applies: Yes.
Extra fee: No.
Children welcome: Yes.
Phone: 703-339-2385
Email Address: MasonNeck@dcr.virginia.gov