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Frying Pan Farm Park

Fairfax County, Virginia

CONTACT INFORMATION: Park open dawn to dusk. Kidwell Farm open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Facility Hours vary.

703-437-9101
TTY 711

FCPAFryingPanPark@fairfaxcounty.gov

Farm: 2709 West Ox Road; Visitor Center: 2739 West Ox Road
Herndon, Virginia

Yvonne Johnson,
Manager

Frying Pan Farm Park

Preserving 20th century farm life

Frying Pan preserves and interprets farm life of the 1920s to 1950s. Welcome to one of the most popular parks in Fairfax County.

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Feb

23
Bored out of your Gourd

11:00AM, (7-Adult) Are you tired of being cooped up inside all winter with nothing to do…

Feb

24
Bluegrass-Nothin' Fancy

7:00PM, Quoting from the band's website, “From the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, comes…

Feb

25
Little Hands on the Farm Winter

9:45AM, (2-5 yrs.) Join us for fun in the Visitor Center classroom at Frying Pan Farm…

Mar

02
Virginia Farms

11:00AM, (12-Adult) Agriculture is big business in Virginia. In fact, it is our state’s…

Mar

15
Putting the Animals to Bed

7:00PM, (3-Adult) When evening shadows spread over Kidwell Farm, it is time to put the…

Mar

16
Home Grown How-Tos-Tool Prep and Maintenance

10:45AM, (12-Adult) If you treat your tools and equipment well, they will treat you well…

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Kidwell Farm sign outside the farm's barn

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Smiling Girl Scouts meet and pet one of the park's draft horses

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Volunteer holds a goat inside the Kidwell Farm barn

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Programs / Activities

Bluegrass Barn

Classes and Camps

Events in the Park

Birthday Parties

Field Trips

Frying Pan On Your Own

Births/New Arrivals

Scouts

Wagon Rides

4-H Club

4-H Fair and Carnival

Facilities / Rentals

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Carousel / Playground

Country Store

Equestrian Facilities

Kidwell Farm

Meeting House

Picnic Shelter

Rental Facilities

Schoolhouse

Visitor Center

Connect

Contact Us

Friends of Frying Pan

Hours

Internships

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ResOURces Newsletter

Volunteer

Ask a Historian

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