Celebrate Your Parks!

Find the many ways YOU can enjoy parks today!

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#1 Play. 165 parks have playgrounds.

#2 Fore score and seven whiffs. Eight parks have golf courses.

#3 If it's mini-golf, why don't they use marbles?

Five Park Locations.

#4 Throw a hissy-fit. Get nose-to-nose with a snake. Visit all five nature centers.

#5 Get REC’d. There are nine RECenters

#6 Think your kids don't listen? Take 'em to a concert.
13 amphitheatres.

#7 You think your kids live like animals? Visit Frying Pan Farm Park.

#10 Check, mate. Play Chess.

#11 Rough it. With your phone and Trail Buddy of course. 238 parks with hiking trails.

#11 Rough it. With your phone and Trail Buddy of course. 238 parks with hiking trails.

#12 Mount up. Ride horses at 16 parks.

#14 Go for an airwalk. Wakefield and Lake Fairfax have skate parks

#18 Step back in time at these 11 historic areas

#18 Step back in time at these 11 historic areas

#20 Laugh at Dad’s rowing skills. Rent a boat at Lake Accotink, Riverbend, Burke Lake, or Lake Fairfax Parks.

#22 Play hooky. 12 parks have fishing.

#23 Don’t tell anyone what you’re plotting. There are a dozen places for garden plots.

#24 Love it! 84 places with tennis courts.

#26 If only the Wizards would draft me. Hit a jumper on all 108 basketball courts.

#27 Let your dog take you for a run. There are nine off-leash dog parks.

#29 Tea amid astonishing gardens at Green Spring Gardens.

#30 Make summer last 1,400 weeks at summer camps.

#31 Get crafty. Take a Fine Arts class.

#31 Get crafty. Take a Fine Arts class.

#32 Dance like nobody’s watching.

#34 Marshall up some energy for martial arts.

#36 Cameras are for more than selfies. Take a photography class.

#37 Everyone dive on in - Adapted Aquatics.

#38 Something to flip over and turn your life around. Try Gymnastics.

#39 Tired of hearing your parents drone on? Learn robotics.

#41 Some people still think a disc goes in a computer. Silly people. Try the Frisbee golf course at Burke Lake.

#47 Find something older than your parents. Be an archaeologist.

#49 Like doing home repairs? Build a bird house or a bat house.

#52 Learn to love spiders, slime mold, bees, pollen and everything in your environment.

#52 Learn to love spiders, slime mold, bees, pollen and everything in your environment.

#56 Giggle. You’ll laugh more in a park.

#58 Watch stuff get crushed. Then eat the results. You can, at Colvin Run Mill.

#60 Be a good steward by taking care of something. Clean your room at home or pull invasive plants in a park.

#61 Wade into nature and science programs.

#63 Turtles are just like little dinosaurs. Naturalists at nature centers can tell you all about them.