| Year |
Milestone |
| 2025 |
NPS says PHNST Pimmit Run ford at Ft. Marcy to be repaired by end of 2025 |
| 2025 |
PHNST feasibility study for Western Loudoun (Leesburg to WV) Released |
| 2025 |
PHNST Comprehensive Management Plan put on hold by DOGE |
| 2024 |
NPS secures funding for long-overdue PHNST Comprehensive Management Plan |
| 2023 |
Prince William Co funds Powell's Creek Boardwalk design for $500,000 |
| 2023 |
Annual Value to No. VA Economy of PHNST estimated at $494 million |
| 2022 |
PHNST Superintendent Jeri DeYoung hired |
| 2022 |
Opening of Bull Run Loop Trail section under I66 (hiking/equestrian) along Bull Run |
| 2022 |
PHNST segment (1 mile) along Broad Run (accessed at Bles Park) opens (at NoVa Criminal Justice) |
| 2021 |
Loudoun County adopts ambitious trails plan |
| 2019 |
Kimley Horn report shows feasibility of PHNST segment Great Falls Park to McLean |
| 2019 |
Neabsco Boardwalk (Woodbridge) opens, key part of PHNST |
| 2019 |
Toole Design study shows feasibility for PHNST segment Lorton VRE to CCT at Pohick Creek |
| 2017 |
Evan Marshak becomes FTAS Webmaster |
| 2017 |
Fairfax Trails and Streams meets repeatedly with the I-66 Planning Team to advocate better routes for the Cross County Trail and West County Trail, away from traffic when possible. |
| 2017 |
Fairfax Co Board of Supervisors officially recognizes the Sully Loop Trail and the Bull Run Loop Trail |
| 2017 |
Fairfax City elevates the Snyder Trail, which FTAS advocated, to its highest transportation priority. Trail achieves $13.5 million in funding as part of I-66 widening. Construction bids to go out in late 2018. |
| 2016 |
FTAS advocates for the Sully Loop Trail and the Bull Run Loop Trails |
2015 |
FTAS advocates the “Snyder Trail” to Fairfax City the original route of the Cross County Trail (allowing the CCT to follow the upper Accotink creek, avoiding 3 miles along busy roads) |
| 2015 |
Pickett Road Underpass opens in Fairfax City, part of a Cross County Trail reroute option FTAS has advocated. |
| 2014 |
Fairfax Co Board of Supervisors officially recognizes the West County Trail |
2013 |
Oct 26 and Nov 2: First West County Trail hike, led by Glenn Gillis of Sierra Club PRO |
| 2012 |
FTAS advocates for the Bull Run/Reston Trail (now known as the West County Trail). |
| 2010-11 |
Ed Pickens mentors six Eagle Scouts to build six bridges in northern Fairfax County, on the Potomac Heritage Trail north of Riverbend Park. |
| 2007 |
Cross County Trail Volunteer Committee wins Elly Doyle Award |
| 2006 |
May 6: CCT Opening Ceremony |
2005 |
June 15: Noman Cole Trail Opens (1 mile of Potomac Heritage Trail in Lorton), built by volunteers from FTAS and partner groups. |
| 2005 |
Dec 13: Volunteers from FTAS and partner groups, led by Fx Co Park Authority, assemble 27’ bridge on CCT south of Dulles Toll Road |
| 2003 |
“Ultimate Cross County Hike” literally crossed Fairfax County, from Occoquan (in Prince William Co.) to Algonkian Park (in Loudoun Co.) |
| 2003 |
CCT Volunteer Committee forms; Fx Co Park Authority with volunteers (Bev Dickerson, Randy Kerr, Bill Niedringhaus, Ed Pickens, Robin Rentsch, Sue Wakefield); meets quarterly for next 3 years til CCT is complete. |
| 2001 |
FTAS wins grants of $3000 from McLean Citizens Foundation and Fairfax History Commission to design and print large-scale historic map of Pimmit Run (these are for sale at ___). |
| 2001 |
FTAS wins Fairfax Co. Park Authority’s Elly Doyle Award |
| 2000 |
Supv. Gerry Connolly advocates for CCT; secures first funding ($400,000) |
| 2000 |
Fairfax Trails and Streams wins American Hiking Society Trail Development Award |
| 1999 |
First annual Pimmit Run Litter Cleanup |
| 1999 |
June 5-6: First Cross County Hike (Saratoga Elem School to Colvin Run |
| 1999 |
3 Saturdays in November: Cross County Hike (Saratoga to Great Falls Vis. Center) |
| 1998 |
First partial Cross County Hike (Oak Marr northward) |
| 1997 |
First FTAS public trail-building worktrip, on Pimmit Run at Kent Gardens, with 8 volunteers, to repair a washout |
| 1997 |
First public advocacy of Cross County Trail, by Bill Niedringhaus |
| 1992 |
Friends of Pimmit Run formed, to advocate for the Pimmit Run Trail |
| 1991 |
First public advocacy of Pimmit Run Trail, by Bill Niedringhaus |
| Ongoing |
Ed Pickens and his FTAS crew maintain the Pimmit Run Trail, including 8 fords. |
| Ongoing |
Ed Pickens leads semiannual litter cleanups along Pimmit Run and other McLean streams |
