Great Falls Park

Great Falls Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Location	Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Nearest city	McLean, Virginia
Coordinates	38°59′51″N 77°15′18″W / 38.99750°N 77.25500°W / 38.99750; -77.25500
Area	800 acres (320 ha)
Established	1966
Visitors	645,000[citation needed] (in 2002)
Governing body	National Park Service

Great Falls (climbing area)
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Location	Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Nearest city	McLean, Virginia
Coordinates	38°59′20.87″N 77°14′51.52″W / 38.9891306°N 77.2476444°W / 38.9891306; -77.2476444
Climbing type	top-rope crag
Height	35-50 feet
Pitches	1
Ratings	5.0-5.12
Grades	I
Rock type	Wissahikon Mica-schist with quartz crystals
Quantity of rock	days worth
Development	very well developed
Cliff aspect	East facing
Season	spring to fall
Ownership	National Park Service
Camping	none
Classic climbs	Snowflake (5.6) Romeo's Ladder (5.6) Bird's Nest (5.7) Splinters (5.7) Executioner's song (5.8) Diagonal (5.9) Two-Lane Highway (5.10a) Lost Arrow (5.10)

Great Falls Park is a small National Park Service (NPS) site in Virginia, United States. Situated on 800 acres (3.2 km²) along the banks of the Potomac River in northern Fairfax County, the park is a disconnected but integral part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.^[1] The Great Falls of the Potomac River are near the northern boundary of the park, as are the remains of the Patowmack Canal, the first canal in the United States that used locks to raise and lower boats.