I'm not a girly girl, but I do like flowers. I always make a point of seeing the cherry blossoms in DC every year. Last year though, I discovered the bluebells at Riverbend Park. So now I make a point of seeing them the week after cherry blossoms. This year, I heard that the bluebells at Bull Run were spectacular so we decided to go check it out. Sure enough, the bluebells were amazing there. You can see bluebells as far as the eye can see. A sea of bluebells... like something out of a fairy tale.
The trail itself is only a mile or 2 long but I think there are also bluebells on the Occoquan trail, which is only slightly longer. The trailhead was not so easy to find since I didn't have a map. I did find the Occoquan trailhead though across from the waterpark/frisbee golf parking lot. The Bluebell trail started shortly into the Occoquan trail, and ends back at the road slightly back toward the gate. We walked back along the road a bit (100m?) but you might be able to cross the road and use the trail to get back to the parking area. The flowers had already peaked probably last weekend or so and started to wither a bit from the heat, but it was still very pretty.
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