Cameron Run Regional Park

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Cameron Run Regional Park
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Great Waves Water Park in Cameron Run Regional Park, 2004
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Location within Alexandria, Virginia
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Cameron Run Regional Park (Northern Virginia)
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Cameron Run Regional Park (Virginia)
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Cameron Run Regional Park (the United States)
Location Alexandria, Virginia
Coordinates 38°48′18″N77°06′07″W / 38.805111°N 77.102056°W / 38.805111; -77.102056 Coordinates: 38°48′18″N77°06′07″W / 38.805111°N 77.102056°W / 38.805111; -77.102056
Operated by NOVA Parks
Website www.nvrpa.org/park/cameron_run/

Cameron Run Regional Park is a regional park located on Eisenhower Avenue, near Cameron Run, in Alexandria, northern Virginia.

A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government.

Cameron Run

Cameron Run is a 3.0-mile-long (4.8 km) tributary stream of the Potomac River, located in the U.S. state of Virginia. A third-order stream, it is formed by the confluence of Backlick Run and Holmes Run. It flows eastward from Alexandria and forms the border between Fairfax County and Alexandria before opening into Hunting Creek and then into the Potomac River. The lower course near Eisenhower Avenue is largely channelized and flows just north of the Capital Beltway until it crosses under it near Telegraph Road The lower 1 mile (1.6 km) or so is tidal and was navigable in colonial times. Cameron Run Regional Park, a water park, lies along a portion of the stream. Cameron Run is part of the Cameron Run Watershed, which encompasses a total of 44 square miles (110 km2) in Northern Virginia. The Watershed is made up of eight subwatersheds: Tripps Run, Upper Holmes Run, Lower Holmes Run, Turkeycock Run, Backlick Run, Indian Run, Pike Branch, and Cameron Run and its tributaries.

Alexandria, Virginia Independent city in Virginia, United States

Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 139,966, and in 2016, the population was estimated to be 160,530. Located along the western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C.

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It is protected and operated by the NOVA Parks agency of Northern Virginia, formerly the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.

NOVA Parks is an inter-jurisdictional organization that owns and operates more than 10,000 acres of woodlands, streams, parks, trails, nature reserves, countryside and historic sites in Northern Virginia in the United States. The Authority was organized in 1959. NOVA Parks presently operates 33 regional parks.

Northern Virginia Region in Virginia, United States

Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is a widespread region radiating westward and southward from Washington, D.C. With an estimated 3,149,413 residents in 2018, it is the most populous region of Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area.

Features

The park features batting cages, a full 18 hole miniature golf course, and a waterpark.

A batting cage is an enclosed area for baseball or softball players to practice the skill of batting.

Miniature golf Offshoot of the sport of golf focusing solely on the putting aspect of its parent game

Miniature golf, also known as minigolf, mini-putt, crazy golf, or putt-putt, is an offshoot of the sport of golf focusing solely on the putting aspect of its parent game, the aim of the game is to score the lowest number of points. It is played on courses consisting of a series of holes similar to its parent, but characterized by their short length.

The waterpark, known as Great Waves, has a wave pool, a toddlers pool, and water slides. [1]

Wave pool

A wave pool is a swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, reasonably large waves, similar to those of the ocean. Wave pools are often a major feature of water parks, both indoors and outdoors, as well as some leisure centres.

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References

  1. ↑ "Cameron Run - Great Waves Waterpark". NVRPA. Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
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