Go to a minor league game at Frederick Keys or Bowie Baysox Stadium. So much more fun than Nats games.

Gettysburg can also be a nice day trip, but I'd look for a day that is cooler than normal.

Mount Vernon, you can also do a Potomac cruise from there. From there add in watching planes that the pp mentioned.

Day trip to Richmond. Edgar Allen Poe Museum and go to the fine art museum. If you're a history buff and like the civil war there is a really nice tour of the white house of the confederacy. They give an overview of the history of the house and what was going on in richmond during the war.

Reasonably close, and often overlooked - Manassas Battlefield Park. A little further afield, but totally doable in a day - Luray Caverns and hikes in the Shenandoah. Still a little further, is Charlottesville.

Anonymous wrote:Wow! That's an ambitious list!

Every summer we try to go peach picking once and then spend a day making jam and pies.

I'e never done this, but it sounds fun !

Anonymous wrote:Blueberry picking

Kayaking or canoeing from Fletchers Boathouse or the marina (I'm forgetting its name) near Mt. Vernon

Visiting all the libraries your library card works for

Thanks!

Anonymous wrote:Is there a food bank accepting volunteers? My kid loved helping to stock the shelves. Also, make cookies and drop off at a fire station with a home-made card.

Love these. Thank you!

Anonymous wrote:Mason Neck State Park in Lorton. It’s on the water, so a little cooler, and you can rent boats, if they are over six.

They'd love this, thank you. Do you know if you can fish too?

Blueberry picking

Kayaking or canoeing from Fletchers Boathouse or the marina (I'm forgetting its name) near Mt. Vernon

Visiting all the libraries your library card works for

Wow! That's an ambitious list!

Every summer we try to go peach picking once and then spend a day making jam and pies.

Wow, thats quite a list!

One place our kids love is that spot right before Reagan airport where the planes fly right over. They have an ice cream truck out there sometimes. We go for like an hour or so.

Is there a food bank accepting volunteers? My kid loved helping to stock the shelves. Also, make cookies and drop off at a fire station with a home-made card.

Mason Neck State Park in Lorton. It’s on the water, so a little cooler, and you can rent boats, if they are over six.

I'm a SAHM and I love summer because I get to have a lot of time with my kids who are normally in school all day. They have a few camps, but we will have about 6 weeks with days to fill. Most of their friends are iin full day camp or leave for the summer. This is what I have so far to let my kids pick from. Anything else that I'm missing that's about an hour drive from DC that might be fun for mid/upper elem?

Cupcake wars in Georgetown

Museums:
Botanical Gardens
Natural History
American History
African American History Museum (if I can get tickets)
Ford's Theater
DC mInt (currently closed, but I'm hopeful)
Udvar Hazy
Portrait Gallery
National Gallery of Art
Archives
Zoo
Armed Forcees Medical Museum
College Park Aviation with lunch at IKEA
Arlington Cemetery
President Lincoln's Cottage
Freeman Store and Museum
Spy Museum

Various Mini golf courses in the area
Ropes courses
Glen Echo
National Harbor
King's Dominion
Top Golf
VA Waterparks
Mt. Vernon
Rover Farm

Various Nature Centers
Riverbend
Great Falls
Ft. Washington
Cabin John
Wheaton Regional
Yards Park
Fairlington Park
Moroven Park
Watkins Regional
Lee DIstrict Park
Hiking paths to the Potomac
C&O Canal
The Wharf

Matapeake Beach
Breezy Point
Flag Ponds

Monument Cruise on Potomac

Frying Pan Farm
Great County Farms
Leesburg Zoo
Roer's Zoofari
Old Maryland Farm
Loudoun Hertigage Farm

Go Karts
Monster Mini Golf
Cheap movies
Bowlero
Amish Market
ZavaZone
Ice Skating
Laser Tag
View of DC in Arlington

Day Trips to Baltimore:
MD Science Center
Ft. McHenry
Little Italy
Visionary Art Museum
Graffiti ALley
Historic Ships tour
Babe Ruth Birthplace
Maryland Zoo

Alexandria:
Torpedo Factory
King Street Trolley
Wilkes Tunnel
George Washington's Townhome
Tiny House
VA Archeology Museum
Masonic Temple

Thanks in advance!