The 838-acre park is owned and operated by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NOVA Parks)[1][2] and contains open fields, picnic shelters, rental cottages, an event center for weddings and meetings, a boat launch with access to the Potomac River, the Volcano Island water park open from May to September, and an 18-hole golf course.
The park is bisected by the Potomac Heritage Trail.
[3] NOVA Parks purchased Algonkian from the Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) in 1975,[4] dedicating the new facility in 1976.
Pepco had constructed an 18-hole golf course on the facility as a getaway for its employees.
Algonkian Regional Park is home to The Woodlands,[5] a special event facility immediately adjacent to the park's golf course, constructed in 1984 and fully remodeled in 2006.