Bald Eagles Sightings at Mason Neck: Fairfax County Bicycle Trail

This bike tour will travel to the Mason Neck State Park to see eagles. There are bike paths that will take you to two areas to look for eagles. This is a fun, informative, and entertaining travel biking guide.
This could be one of Virginia’s best-kept secrets. When we think of winter we think it is quite devoid of wildlife. Wrong… Winter is the best time to watch Bald eagles. The Mason Neck Wildlife refuge in Lorton, Virginia was voted one of the most likely places to see an eagle. So get your binoculars, your bike, and let's go riding.
As many as 100 bald eagles feasting on fish in Pohick Bay.
There is the Gunston Hall Bluebird Trails $5 the Bluebird trail here and watches for the songbird. You will have to walk your bike through this bike path. This was a common bird during Mr. Mason’s day. There are beehives, a deer park, wharf sites, a graveyard, and of course, the mansion. Founding Father George Mason lived here Mason's decision to not sign the Constitution probably cost him his friendship with George Washington. Get back on the bike trail off of Gunston Road and it will lead you to Mason Neck state park.
Get on the High Point Trail. This is open to cyclists. Down here there are more places to look for eagles.
So if you didn’t know winter is the mating and egg-laying season of bald eagles. They mate for life. You might see them diving for fish or nesting in the trees. They have about 20 nests and 100 eagles in the area.
The wildlife center has staged eagle releases here at Mason Neck.
One of them was a baby eagle-eaglet who had fallen out of its nests the tail was swollen and he was missing a few feathers. The wildlife center nursed the baby eaglet with medicine and it slowly got better until it was ready to fly and go back into the wild.
It takes about 4 years for them to develop their whiteheads.
How to identify them?
Adult Eagle has a dark brown body with a white head and tail. And a Juvenile has a brown body with brown and white mottled wings and tail.
It’s hard to believe that in the Washington DC area lies incredible pristine bike and walking trails, wetlands, wildlife viewing, and miles of unspoiled waterfront.
The bike trails are in good shape there is plenty of shade from the trees.
So hope to see you riding
Location:
Go down towards the end of the boating dock at Pohick Regional park. This a great place to see the eagles.
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[@scholasticacooney6830]

Just biked there today with the BF and his new bike. This is my favorite place to ride; I'm glad only 82 people have viewed this b/c I want it to remain a secret! I like the tranquility of few people and avoiding cars. Root bumps seem to be becoming more numerous, though. BF and I were just laughing today that we never see eagles at this park! More like rarely, but still :)

[@RideandShineBicycling]

Sounds like you had a great time biking! It's always nice to have a secret spot to enjoy the tranquility. The time to really see eagles is late winter to early spring but I normally see at least one amongst the trees.

[@FollowThomas]

My two main hobbies Biking and Birding. I'm glad you got into birding or least into one of them. Bald Eagle is such a majestic birds to see. 👍

[@RideandShineBicycling]

It's great to connect with fellow nature enthusiasts. I do love watching your birding videos. Biking, birding, and observing nature are such fulfilling hobbies. We are both lucky to share our experiences on our TH-cam channels.

[@FollowThomas]

@@RideandShineBicycling 😊👍💯

[@johnpickett8041]

It has only been in the last 10 to 15 years that eagles have begun thriving on the Potomac near DC. The Woodrow Wilson Bridge rebuild actually had a staff person in charge of keeping an eye on the eagles on the Maryland side of the bridge. Since then there have been eagle nests popping up every mile or so along the Mount Vernon Trail. There is a new-ish one at Candlewood Drive and the GW Parkway. Eagles will abandon nests then establish new ones. Occasionally they'll take up residence in a tree in someone's yard. And don't get me started about ospreys. They're all over the place.

[@RideandShineBicycling]

It seems the Eagles are taking full advantage of the prime real estate near the Potomac. Even though it is pretty common to see one on the Mount Vernon Trail, it still amazes me. Thanks for the heads up on Candlewood Drive, I will definitely check it out.

[@shelleyshell9441]

So majestic ❤! I was wondering when you guys drive your bikes to a trail, have you thought about showing or including information where the parking is located?

[@RideandShineBicycling]

Thank you! That is always a great idea to get parking information. We used to do it in our older videos. This bike tour started at Pohick Regional Park which has plenty of parking. I did this video so long ago, that I just realized it is a winter video. The best time to see a lot of eagles is nesting time in the late winter. But normally when I ride around the Potomac River I see an eagle. Which is still thrilling to me.

[@shelleyshell9441]

@@RideandShineBicycling thanks for the info. I did notice all the winter riding gear and thought, “they must have a lot of videos in the archives” lol 😂