Places to Go (DC Area)

We're not the best at staying home. So click here to see some of the places we like to go.

Here are two summary posts on lots of different INDOOR PLACES (57 places) and OUTDOOR PLACES (56 places).

Here's the list of everywhere:

Spring
*Early Spring at Long Branch Nature Center (Arlington, VA)
*Riverbend Park (Great Falls, VA)
*The Cherry Blossom Festival on the Tidal Basin (Washington D.C.)
*Huntley Meadows (Alexandria, VA)
*Frying Pan Farm and Park (Herndon, VA)
*The National Arboretum - Koi Pond and Azalea Gardens (Washington D.C.)
*Arts on the Horizon - theater and classes for kids 0-6 (Alexandria, VA)
*The National Arboretum's Fern Valley (Washington D.C.)
*The National Arboretum's Bonsai and Penjing Museum (Washington D.C.)
*Boat Rides from Washington Harbor and the Waterfront Park (Washington D.C.)
*Gravelly Point (Arlington, VA)
*"Hot Chocolate Tea" at the American Girl Cafe (McLean, VA)
*The National Aquarium (Baltimore, MD)
*U.S. Botanic Gardens (Washington D.C.)
*Doug Aitken's Song Number 1 at the Hirshhorn (Washington D.C.)
*Potomac Overlook Park (Arlington, VA)
*Dumbarton Oaks (Washington D.C.)
*The National Arboretum's Nature Playspace in the Washington Youth Garden (Washington D.C.)
*Cherry Blossoms at Hains Point (Washington D.C.)
*Azaleas at the National Arboretum (Washington D.C.)
*Fishing and Floating Down the Shenandoah River (Bentonville, VA)
*The Mansion on O Street (Washington D.C.)
*Long Branch Nature Center (Arlington, VA)
*Spring Family Hikes at Potomac Overlook Park (Arlington, VA) and Riverbend Park (Great Falls, VA)

Summer - 64 PLACES TO GO (AND THINGS TO DO) AS A FAMILY THIS SUMMER! & THE 2014 NO MONSTERS SUMMER BUCKET LIST.
*Theodore Roosevelt Island (Washington D.C)
*Great Country Farms (Bluemont, VA)
*The Water Taxi from Alexandria to National Harbor (Alexandria, VA)
*Patuxent Research Area (Laurel, MD)
*Jefferson Memorial (Washington D.C)
*Oxon Hill Farm (Oxon Hill, MD)
*National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.)
*Hidden Pond Park & Nature Center (Springfield, VA)
*Sunset Celebration & 4th of July at Mt. Vernon (Alexandria, VA)
*River Farm (Alexandria, VA)
*The Best Spray Park EVER (Arlington, VA)
*A New Perspective on SPA World (Centreville, VA)
*Cabin John Regional Park (Rockville, MD)
*Car Camping at Cunningham Falls State Park (Thurmont, MD)
*Hop on Hop Off Double-Decker Bus Tour (Arlington, VA and Washington D.C.)
*Fishing at Hains Pt (Washington D.C.)
*The National Zoo in Summer (Washington DC)
*Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens (Washington D.C.)
*Summer at Local Museums (Washington D.C. and Richmond, VA)
*Jones Point Park (Alexandria, VA)
*Huntley Meadows in summer (Alexandria, VA)
*Cherry Picking at Great Country Farms (Bluemont, VA)
*Madame Tussauds (Washington D.C.)
*Smithsonian Folklife Festival (Washington D.C.)
*The Penrose Square Splash Park/ Fountain (Arlington, VA)
*The Baltimore Museum of Industry (Baltimore, MD)
*Four Hours at the National Building Museum (and we wanted to stay longer) (Washington D.C.)
*Rocky Run Playground (Arlington, VA)
*Hiking Potomac Overlook Park (Arlington, VA)
*TSNY's Trapeze Class (Washington D.C.)
*Swimming in the Chesapeake Bay at Flag Ponds Nature Park (Lusby, VA)
*Cabin Camping and Swimming at Cunningham Falls State Park (Thurmont, MD)
*Double Decker bus tour (Washington D.C.)
*Birthday parties at the Bowie Baysox Game and Kettler Ice Complex
*America Innovates at the Smithsonian American History Museum (Washington D.C.)
*The Smithsonian Museum of American Art & The National Portrait Gallery (Washington D.C.)
*The Hirshhorn Museum of Modern Art (Washington D.C.)


Autumn - 42 IDEAS FOR PLACES TO GO AS A FAMILY IN FALL
*Cox Farm's Fall Festival (Centreville, VA)
*Clark Eliok's Farm (Ellicott City, MD)
*Claude Moore Colonial Farm (McLean, VA)
*Pirate Adventures on the Chesapeake (Annapolis, MD)
*The National Mall Carousel (Washington D.C.)
*The National Arboretum - Fern Valley, the Capitol Columns, and The Washington Youth Garden (Washington D.C) AND A Picnic in the Magnolia Fields
*The Tidal Basin & Jefferson Memorial (Washington D.C.)
*Burke Nursery's Pumpkin Playground (Burke, VA)
*Mt. Vernon (Alexandria, VA)
*Alexandria's Old Town Waterfront & The Torpedo Factory (Alexandria, VA)
*Huntley Meadows (Alexandria, VA)
*The National Zoo (Washington D.C.)
*B&O Railroad Museum (Baltimore, MD)
*The Maryland Side of Great Falls (Potomac, MD)
*Apple Picking at Stribling Orchard (Markham, VA)
*Meadowlark Botanical Gardens (Vienna, VA)
*The Rough-Faced Girl at Synetic Family Theater (Arlington, VA)
*Autumn at Great Country Farms (Bluemont, VA)
*Ballerinas at the Philips Collection (Washington D.C.) & Teddy Bear Tea at the Ritz (Arlington, VA)
*The National Building Museum's Big Build (Washington D.C.)
*The Visionary Arts Museum (Baltimore, MD)
*Family Day Open House for the Artisphere's 2nd Anniversary (Arlington, VA)
*Long Branch Trail and Nature Center (Arlington, VA)
*Burke Nursery Pumpkin Playground & Fall Festival (Burke, VA)
*American Trails at the National Zoo (Washington D.C.)
*Mt Vernon's Fall Harvest Family Days (Alexandria, VA)
*The Virginia Side of Great Falls (McLean, VA)
*Kids Euro Festival (Washington D.C.)
*Theodore Roosevelt Island (Washington D.C.)
*Medieval Times (Hanover, MD)
*Maryland Renaissance Festival (Annapolis, MD)

Winter - THE WINTER SURVIVAL GUIDE - 60 PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO!!
*Christmas at Mt. Vernon (Alexandria, VA)
*Wassail at Claude Moore Colonial Farm (McLean, VA)
*ICE! with the Grinch at the Gaylord National (National Harbor, MD)
*Spaworld (Centreville, VA)
*The Garden of Lights at Brookside Gardens (Wheaton, MD)
*Santa Train (Walkersville, MD)
*The National Building Museum (Washington D.C.)
*Zoo Classes & Winter at the National Zoo (Washington D.C.)
*A Washington Wizards Game (Washington D.C.)
*Longbranch Nature Center (Arlington, VA)
*Maryland Science Center (Baltimore, MD)
*The US Botanical Gardens & The National Museum of the American Indian (Washington D.C.)
*The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (Washington DC)
*Stories in Art at the National Gallery (Washington D.C.)
*Huntley Meadows (Alexandria, VA)
*Gulf Branch Nature Center (Arlington, VA)
*The Tidal Basin (Hains Point, Roosevelt Memorial, and MLK Memorial) (Washington D.C.)
*Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (National Mall location) (Washington D.C.)
*Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington D.C.)
*Winter hiking at Turkey Run (McLean, VA)
*The Kennedy Center Balconies (Washington D.C.)
*Clemyjontri Playground (McLean, VA)
*Holiday Trains at the US Botanic Gardens (Washington D.C.)
*Bumper Bowling at Fort Meyer (Arlington, VA)
*Family Day at the Corcoran Gallery of Art & Learning about History at the DAR Museum (Washington D.C.)
*Our Girls' Day at the Smithsonian American History Museum (Washington D.C.)
*Democracy in Action at the Virginia State Capitol (Richmond, VA)
*Lighthouses and trains at the U.S. Botanic Gardens (Washington D.C.)
*Cutting Down our Christmas Tree and Playing on a Gigantic Jumping Pillow at Ticonderoga Farms (Chantilly, VA)