Golf in Lorton

Lorton is a southern Fairfax County community whose identity has been transformed by the conversion of the historic Lorton Correctional Complex — where Washington DC housed its prisoners for over a century — into an arts campus and residential development. Two golf facilities, Laurel Hill Golf Club and Pohick Bay Golf Course (in the regional park system), serve the Lorton community in the creek valley and Potomac River corridor landscapes of southern Fairfax County. Virginia's diverse geography and historical depth create communities with distinct identities, and the local golf course reflects both the landscape character and the economic culture of its specific corner of the Commonwealth.