Sycolin Road Bridge to Kephart Bridge Landing (& the Potomac)

Overview:  Since 2018, local paddlers put in at Sycolin Road (SR 643) Bridge and do a 5.3 mile run to Kephart Bridge Landing, itself 1 mile upstream of the Potomac. From Sycolin Road paddle 1.4 miles down the Fairfax Reservoir, portage right around the 20-foot dam and descend three easy Cl. 1+ rapids and rock-gardens for 1.2 miles to the Washington and Old Dominion bike trail bridge and Sycolin Creek put-in.  From here it's 1.4 miles past Cookes Mill/Golfcourse Rapid (Cl. II+, III) to Keep Loudoun Beautiful Park (P.I./T.O.) just above Va Rte 7.   Another 1.3 miles to Clapham Falls Rapid and the Kephart Bridge Landing take-out. See Also: _Classic Virginia Rivers,_ Ed Grove (1992 ed), p. 102. _Virginia Whitewater_, Roger Corbett (2000 ed.), p. 45. _Exploring Virginia's Waterways_, Ed Gertler (2022 ed.), p. 31.