Located at 3829 N Stafford St in Arlington, Madison Community Center is a versatile facility that serves the community with array of activities. The center is surrounded by the historic Fort Ethan Allen Park which is also stocked with plenty of recreational activities.
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The National Park Service is hosting five free days in 2020. The first of these days lands on January 20. In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the National Park Service is waiving its regular entrance fees at 110 national park properties including Great Falls Park around the country. Continue reading
William Ramsay Field and Recreation Center at Sanger Avenue in Alexandria. The 10.94 acres lot features many areas for kids and adults to enjoy some leisure time. Continue reading
Belle Rive is a lovely Mount Vernon riverfront community located at the junction of Old Mount Vernon Road and Ferry Landing Road. With an idyllic location overlooking the Potomac River, most homes have peaceful water views, with several boasting river access right in their backyards. Most homes in Belle Rive date back to the 1960s and '70s and have been lovingly restored by their owners. Continue reading
Drew Park & Sprayground is one of the only four parks in Arlington with a spray-ground. Located next to Charles Drew Community Center, this park is a great place to spend the day enjoying the outdoors with your family.
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Fair Lakes is a census-designated place and business park located west of Fairfax in Fairfax County. Fair Lakes has a population of 7,942. Fair Lakes is a mixed-use development of upscale residential apartments and commercial buildings, built by the Peterson Companies. Homes in Fair Lakes have a Fairfax VA postal address but are not located in the City of Fairfax. Continue reading
The All Veterans Park is a 37.78 acres park found in the City of Alexandria, Virginia. It can be accessed near the intersection of Pickett Street Holmes Run Parkway. The All Veterans Park is found on the same stretch of parks along the Holmes Run Stream across the Brookvalley Park. These two parks are connected by the Charles Beatley Bridge. The bridge is in honor of of Alexandria's former Mayor Beatley.
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Stratford on the Potomac is welcomed before a far away transport to visit Mount Vernon outskirts, where tourism flock include demographic teaches, listens, outbursts, converses, questions, nearness colonial society, reenacting. Climate toward Stratford on the Potomac, not quite beaches, autumn and spring and winters, down past closed off outdoor pools and open convenience and mom and pop's. Snow time at Stratford on the Potomac, near strangers; victoring snow balls and planned to happen humor, I heard of people storing a snowball in the freezer, specifically to throw, well that is on a different Real Estate tract, much different over yonder, then, that at Stratford Landing. Stratford on the Potomac, summer time; mountain bike can make it to a few converted establishments, even Fort Hunt High School and the well known and rumored to have been haunted, Fort Hunt park housing Pavilion and recreation athletic fields, trails, and sited points, with readable content.
Looking for a peaceful place to travel to get out of the house? All along the George Washington Parkway stretches a path that goes all the way to Washington DC. This distance is frequented by people going at their own pace - from the high speed bicyclist commuter to the power walking local. On the way there are places to picnic / barbeque, waters to fish, and open fields for recreation.
An often overlooked detour is available just before Old Town Alexandria. By taking a pedestrian path onto the Woodrow Wilson Bridge there is a path that hugs the road until arriving at the National Harbor. It starts with a view of a graveyard. Then the panorama delivers a waterfront city skyline juxtapositioned with vehicles driving across the bridge.
Finally after passing the bridge there is a place to sit and enjoy the view, or continue to the National Harbor. Round trip its worth the effort.