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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My teens like to swim at Scott's Run, although not strictly legal.[/quote]

I hope they’re just wading and messing around by the waterfall and not going out into the river proper![/quote]

Yes, they are just wading around. They don't go out into the river proper. But it's a nice place to hang out and cool off after a hike.[/quote]

Scott’s Run is blessed and cursed by beautiful sections of stream that invite people to wade or swim, but wading and swimming in the stream is illegal, unsafe and irresponsible.

Swimmers at Scott’s Run are in danger if waters rise. Waders are exposed to water that could be polluted, and waders kick up stones that provide shelter and housing for tiny animals. Yet the perception of Scott’s Run as a safe swimming hole persists, fueled by social media posts of people on rocks around the creek and near its low waterfall.

Fairfax County Park Authority regulation 1.21 states that swimming, bathing, and wading are prohibited in parkland bodies of water.  The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department website says nearly three out of four times that the department responds to a river emergency something has happened along the shoreline, not in or near a boat. There have been rescues of people trapped by high water in Scott’s Run.[/quote]

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