Things To Do in Lake Ridge, Virginia

If you'd like to race, we have an excellent facility that is available for rental. Read below for more information. Your Prince William County Park Authority ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Lake Ridge Park is located along the banks of the upper Occoquan Reservoir. Lake Ridge Park offers fishing and boating, hiking trails, picnic pavilions, playgrounds, wooded natural areas, a mini-golf course and ample opportunities ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Inscription. This was the first Baptist Church established in Prince William County, circa 1774. It was led by Elder David Thomas. This was the first of three churches at this site. The last church built in, 1836, stood until it collapsed ... More on HMDB

We are refurbishing a football/soccer/athletic field that used extensively by the community including the middle school ... More on KaBoom.org

Inscription. Just to the east is the original route of an ancient trail used to lay the first telegraph wire from Washington to New Orleans in 1847. During the Civil War it became a strategic military objective. It was first used ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On March 11, 1748, George Washington and George William Fairfax crossed the Occoquan above the falls near here – Washington to enter the service of Lord Fairfax, and Lord Fairfax to meet his constituents in Frederick ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Occoquans Public Wharf was here. This wharf and others at the Occoquan Rivers highest navigable point were key to the 19th- and early 20th-century towns porsperity. Ships were built, b... More on HMDB

Inscription. Occoquan founder Nathaniel Ellicott built the first bridge here c. 1800. The “Great Mail Route” from Washington to the south crossed here. In 1878 an iron Pratt Truss Bridg... More on HMDB

Inscription. Near this site lived six generations of the Chinn family, one of Prince William Countys early African-American families. The family traces its heritage to Nancy, a slave born in 1794 on the William Roe farm in Fauquier ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In 1850, the people of this area decided to build a church where the Word of God could be preached and expounded. Burr and Emsey Glascock donated the land and were the main leaders. Private donations by the people of ... More on HMDB