Climbing Near Fairfax, Virginia

This is an old bridge built for the W&OD railroad. The rock is a mix of quartz, mica schist and sandstone boulders and rocks. It's about 15 long and 10-15 ft high. It is right off of the W&OD bike path and a hiking path so you will probably hear people on the bike path and see people walking their dogs on the hiking path. The rock is pretty solid, some moss that could be cleaned up and some parts were a bit crumbly but that wasn't really an issue. I'm not sure if anyone has bouldered here before (I wouldn't be surprised if some one has) but I climbed 4 fairly distinct problems, all in the V0-1 range (I think this range, I'm not much of a boulderer. They were easy but not complete give-me's). I did these alone without a spotter or crash pad but I would recommend both. Mostly crimpy holds, decent feet and nice finishing jugs to top out on. "Urban bouldering." My friends and I used to hang out here in high school and someone said that there was an ambush on a train here during the civil war so we called it the civil war bridge but I have no idea if that is actually true. From 123 in Vienna take center street north and take a right on mill street and park. The road is very short and dead ends at an entrance to the bike path. Take a left on the bike path and walk half a mile. When you see a black fence on both sides of you, you are over the bridge you will climb on. Take a right on a path down hill just past the fence on your right. Go down hill and you are there. The left side of the bridge is taller and offers longer and more interesting problems. 10-15 min walk on flat ground

This is a newly posted spot (6-12-19). Two main sets of boulders, with smaller boulders surrounding. The closer boulder seems to have a good west face and a south face (see photos), both with seemingly good crash pad placement. The back boulder, the one with little boulders surrounding it, is slightly covered in plants, and would need to be cleaned fairly well before routes could be found. It does have lots of potential, but the ground in some spots in pretty slanted. Doesn't seem like too many problems would be harder than v4/5 but I didn't spend too much time trying it out. Watch out for poison ivy, spiders, and snakes. I didn't see any poison ivy or snakes, but it's better to be safe. I have seen and heard rattle snakes in this area before. Parking at 38°45'46.8"N 77°12'23.3"W (little side road pull off on Hoose Rd, same parking for Springfield Bouldering), Walk right down trail before bridge (trail head might be overgrown depending on season), short 0.4 mile walk down to a slight opening in the trees on the right at 38°45'54.4"N 77°12'25.2"W.  Walk into the woods up the hill to the boulders. In the fall/winter the boulders are very visible from the trail, but in the summer/spring, it is slightly harder to see them due to the trees.

This is the boulder with the nice West and South Face. There are many possible routes to be set on this boulder. It has good crash pad placement, but there are lots of spiders and plants around so watch for poison ivy! This is the first boulder that you see from the trail. Walk from the trail into the woods and you'll see the boulder if the trees are too over grown.