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Celebrate Your Parks! Find the many ways YOU can enjoy parks today! Click on a word in the tree.
#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.
#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
#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.
#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.
#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.