Broadlands Wetlands Preservation Area
Broadlands Wetlands Preservation Area is a beautiful, well-maintained park featuring a wide boardwalk that circles a pond, offering lovely views of wetlands and wildlife such as turtles, birds, and fish. The park is dog-friendly, wheelchair accessible, and kid-friendly, with benches along the trail for resting and enjoying the scenery. Parking is limited with a small area for 4-5 cars and nearby parking available at the Harris Teeter shopping center. The trail is easy to walk on, made of boardwalk and tar, making it accessible for all visitors. It’s a peaceful spot for hiking, nature observation, and spending time with pets and children.
Reviews
This is a beautiful park with amazing views over a wetland lake. The boardwalk is great and provides lots of walking space and has interesting architecture. There are benches to sit on and plenty of lookouts. A great place to go walk and sit.
This is a beautiful and well maintained park. The only downsides are that it’s close to a road and there isn’t much parking, but those are minor complaints. There is a wide boardwalk going around the pond so that you can circle the whole thing. There are a few places on the path that have park benches where you can stop to admire the view and soak in the sun. You need to check out the wooden promontory, which provides the best view of the pond, and — if you’re lucky — the snapping turtles.
I saw 10 snapping turtles, painted turtles, a water snake, small fish, a white egret, butterflies, geese, ducks, a wild turkey,orioles, cardinals, Robins, and red-winged blackbirds. The trail is right across from the broadlands Harris Teeter in Ashburn. I parked at Harris Teeter and crossed over at the crosswalk. The trail is about 15 minutes leads a circle around a pond. The trail is all broadwalks and tar so very to walk if looking for and easy or handicapped friendly trail. Its a good place to bring children and dogs too. They have benches throughout the trail is you want to rest or they would also be a good place to read a book.
This little park is nice. Very dogfriendly. It has poop stations. I love the boardwalk and enjoyed seeing the ducks and geese. I bet it is much nicer in the Spring and Summer. Right now, the plants look dead, being Fall/Winter season. The walk is about 1/2 mile around. There is no parking lot but there is a little area that will accommodate about 4-5 cars. You could park in the Harris Teeter shopping center across the street and walk over. The road has minimum traffic, safe to walk across. There are benches throughout the trail but the view is bushes right in front of you. Not sure why the benches are located the way they are. I expected to have a view of the water or some open space.
This little park is nice. Very dogfriendly. It has poop stations. I love the boardwalk and enjoyed walking . I bet it is much nicer in the Spring and Summer. There is no parking lot but there is a little area that will accommodate about 4-5 cars. You could park in the Harris Teeter shopping center across the street and walk over. The road has minimum traffic, safe to walk across.