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The Mason Neck peninsula is steeped in natural and cultural history. Encompassing 1,804 acres, the park is bordered by the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge. Pohick Bay Regional Park and Gunston Hall manor. Combined, these areas provide 5,600 acres dedicated to recreation and wildlife management.

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Here is a little piece of history about Lorton, VA, and how it was named.

A Brief History of Lorton, Virginia

Mason Neck Park, Lorton, VA

The first recorded history of Mason Neck was by Captain John Smith in 1608. He wrote of his meeting with the Dogue Indians and charted the chief's village of Tauxenent on his map of Virginia. The area was referred to as Doggs Island and Doeg Neck originally. Later, the neck received its current name from the Mason family. (George Mason IV, father of the Virginia Declaration of Rights which grew into the U.S. Bill of Rights, owned a 5,500 acre plantation on the neck called Gunston Hall. The original building, constructed in 1755, is still standing and is administered by the Board of Regents of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America as a National Historic Landmark. You can tour the stately brick manor, gardens, and other areas for a fee. The current Mason "holdings" are now less than 500 acres.)

During the 1800s and early 1900s, logging was the area's primary industry. The removal of mature pine and hardwood, and use of the pesticide DDT lead to the decline of the American Bald Eagle in the region.

In 1965, the Conservation Committee for Mason Neck formed to preserve the area from increasing development pressures. In July 1967, the Nature Conservancy made its first purchase of land to protect areas of Mason Neck until funds were appropriated to federal, state, and local agencies. The Commonwealth of Virginia purchased its first parcel of what is now Mason Neck State Park in August 1967.

The park is now managed for passive recreation, environmental education and the protection and preservation of habitat for the American Bald Eagle and other animals in the area. Animals that frequent Mason Neck include: bald eagles, hawks, white-tailed deer, fox, bobcat, and over 200 species of songbird.