Location(s)

The racing course is on the Occoquan Reservoir. The Regatta headquarters, finish line, and grandstand are on the northern shore in Sandy Run Park. From the headquarters to the finish line/grandstand area is a good hike, but van shuttles are available from the parking area to get you there if you don't want to walk.

Parking: Still just $10 for cars.

For Regatta Volunteers: Everyone must pay the parking/entrance fee. You will see the Upper parking lots to the right and left. After parking, to reach headquarters, launch area, finish line, and grandstand, continue on foot down the hill (portable toilets will be on your right). As you approach the water, Regatta headquarters with a sign-in table will be on your right, next to the concession stand. Sign in on arrival (it goes faster if you can tell them your job number). Sign-in will include signing an insurance waiver. You will then get instructions to your job location. Someone will be there to give you on-the-job training.

Directions via I-95 South:

• From the Washington Beltway (either 495 or 95), take the 95 south exit towards Richmond.
• Take exit 163, Lorton Road, Route 642, west.
• After about 1.6 miles, bear right on Furnace Road and follow it until it meets Route 123 (Ox Road).
• Turn right on Ox road and travel 1.2 miles to Hampton Road where you will turn left.
• Go about ½ miles on Hampton Road and turn left on Van Thompson Road (you will see power lines overhead, just in front of you).
• After about ¼ mile Van Thompson bears sharply to the left at a well-weathered barn and continues down a hill to the entrance to Sandy Run Park.

To Boathouse, Launch area and Regatta Headquarters:

• From the upper parking lots, continue straight on Van Thompson Road and you will come to a large bus/trailer parking lot on both sides of the road.
• From here, the road continues steeply down hill, past the portable toilets on the right, the large boathouse on the left, the small headquarters (sign-in) building on the right, and continues down past the racks to the docks and launch area.

To Sandy Run Finish Line:

From the upper parking lots, there are three routes to the Finish Line:

1. by shuttle bus on the emergency access road
2. by foot on the path from the upper parking lot
3. by foot on the path from just below the boathouse.

The shuttle bus route begins in the upper parking lot to your left as you enter the park. The ride takes 5 minutes and costs 75 cents and takes you to the Finish Line.

The path from the upper parking lot is about ½ mile and meets the shuttle bus road by the Finish Line.

The path from below the boathouse is about ¾ mile total. It joins up with the upper parking lot path about 1/4 miles from the boathouse (just down the hill from the upper parking lot). The paths are winding and hilly. It can take from 15 to 25 minutes to hike from the boathouse to the Finish Line. At the grandstand there is a concrete viewing area, a concession stand and bathroom facilities. There is no access to the starting line.