Anonymous
Post 07/01/2020 23:18     Subject: Re:Staycation Ideas for the Summer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow OP. I'm so much lazier than you. Our staycation plans are cooking/baking, hanging out in the backyard and deck and watching movies on the projector at night, biking around and taking walks. Lots of reading. I need to motivate and find safe places to go where we can SD but still have fun and feel safe.


NP. This is my kind of staycation!


50% this and 50% the outings OP lists sounds ideal
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2020 14:49     Subject: Staycation Ideas for the Summer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here are the places we have been and really liked:

--Patapsco State Park and the Tire Playground
--Huntley Meadows wetland boardwalk
--Green Springs Gardens in Annandale
--Brookside Gardens in Wheaton
--Colonoal Farms at Piscataway Park
--Greenbriar State Park in Hagerstown (has a lake/beach)
--Matapeake State Beach Park on Kent Island
--Jones Point Park in Alexandria for bikes/scooters
--Meadowlark Gardens

Here are some things we want to try and this is just scratching the surface. You are not remotely out of things to do!

--Day trip to Colonial Beach, VA
--Lake Accontink
--Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in DC
--Dyke Marsh Nature Preserve
--Turkey Run Park
--Mason Neck Park
--Holmes Run Trail
--Patuxent Wildlife Refuge
--Terrapin Beach Park
--Cunningham Falls
--Calvert Cliffs State Park
--Beverly Triton Nature Park
--Jug Bay Nature Preserve
--Leesylvania State Park
--Flag Ponds
--Burnside Farms
--Greenwell State Park
--Dora Kelly Park
--Sky Meadows State Park
--Tubing at Watermelon Park
--Fort Smallwood State Park


Op here. Thank you so much for this list! I’m so grateful. I felt like I was running ideas. I also just found all the fishing spots within NOVA state parks and plan to check all those places out too.


I've spent a lot of time in Colonial Beach (grandparents lived there). Trump country central and no one wears a mask. Not much to do there and not really a beach. Not sure why you'd travel there without relatives, but nearby Fredericksburg is much nicer.
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2020 14:46     Subject: Staycation Ideas for the Summer
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Here are the places we have been and really liked:

--Patapsco State Park and the Tire Playground
--Huntley Meadows wetland boardwalk
--Green Springs Gardens in Annandale
--Brookside Gardens in Wheaton
--Colonoal Farms at Piscataway Park
--Greenbriar State Park in Hagerstown (has a lake/beach)
--Matapeake State Beach Park on Kent Island
--Jones Point Park in Alexandria for bikes/scooters
--Meadowlark Gardens

Here are some things we want to try and this is just scratching the surface. You are not remotely out of things to do!

--Day trip to Colonial Beach, VA
--Lake Accontink
--Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in DC
--Dyke Marsh Nature Preserve
--Turkey Run Park
--Mason Neck Park
--Holmes Run Trail
--Patuxent Wildlife Refuge
--Terrapin Beach Park
--Cunningham Falls
--Calvert Cliffs State Park
--Beverly Triton Nature Park
--Jug Bay Nature Preserve
--Leesylvania State Park
--Flag Ponds
--Burnside Farms
--Greenwell State Park
--Dora Kelly Park
--Sky Meadows State Park
--Tubing at Watermelon Park
--Fort Smallwood State Park


Op here. Thank you so much for this list! I’m so grateful. I felt like I was running ideas. I also just found all the fishing spots within NOVA state parks and plan to check all those places out too.


OP - check out the different parts of Patapsco Valley State Board. The tire park is fun. A nearby area has a swinging bridge and a trail with small cascades.

Further out Route 70, the McKeldin area also has great hiking. You can go back to each area multiple times and try different trails.

Also try Sandy Point State Park (near Annapolis) on the Bay.

Anonymous
Post 07/01/2020 14:39     Subject: Re:Staycation Ideas for the Summer
Anonymous wrote:Wow OP. I'm so much lazier than you. Our staycation plans are cooking/baking, hanging out in the backyard and deck and watching movies on the projector at night, biking around and taking walks. Lots of reading. I need to motivate and find safe places to go where we can SD but still have fun and feel safe.


NP. This is my kind of staycation!
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2020 13:53     Subject: Staycation Ideas for the Summer
Anonymous wrote:Here are the places we have been and really liked:

--Patapsco State Park and the Tire Playground
--Huntley Meadows wetland boardwalk
--Green Springs Gardens in Annandale
--Brookside Gardens in Wheaton
--Colonoal Farms at Piscataway Park
--Greenbriar State Park in Hagerstown (has a lake/beach)
--Matapeake State Beach Park on Kent Island
--Jones Point Park in Alexandria for bikes/scooters
--Meadowlark Gardens

Here are some things we want to try and this is just scratching the surface. You are not remotely out of things to do!

--Day trip to Colonial Beach, VA
--Lake Accontink
--Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in DC
--Dyke Marsh Nature Preserve
--Turkey Run Park
--Mason Neck Park
--Holmes Run Trail
--Patuxent Wildlife Refuge
--Terrapin Beach Park
--Cunningham Falls
--Calvert Cliffs State Park
--Beverly Triton Nature Park
--Jug Bay Nature Preserve
--Leesylvania State Park
--Flag Ponds
--Burnside Farms
--Greenwell State Park
--Dora Kelly Park
--Sky Meadows State Park
--Tubing at Watermelon Park
--Fort Smallwood State Park


Op here. Thank you so much for this list! I’m so grateful. I felt like I was running ideas. I also just found all the fishing spots within NOVA state parks and plan to check all those places out too.
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2020 13:17     Subject: Staycation Ideas for the Summer
Here are the places we have been and really liked:

--Patapsco State Park and the Tire Playground
--Huntley Meadows wetland boardwalk
--Green Springs Gardens in Annandale
--Brookside Gardens in Wheaton
--Colonoal Farms at Piscataway Park
--Greenbriar State Park in Hagerstown (has a lake/beach)
--Matapeake State Beach Park on Kent Island
--Jones Point Park in Alexandria for bikes/scooters
--Meadowlark Gardens

Here are some things we want to try and this is just scratching the surface. You are not remotely out of things to do!

--Day trip to Colonial Beach, VA
--Lake Accontink
--Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in DC
--Dyke Marsh Nature Preserve
--Turkey Run Park
--Mason Neck Park
--Holmes Run Trail
--Patuxent Wildlife Refuge
--Terrapin Beach Park
--Cunningham Falls
--Calvert Cliffs State Park
--Beverly Triton Nature Park
--Jug Bay Nature Preserve
--Leesylvania State Park
--Flag Ponds
--Burnside Farms
--Greenwell State Park
--Dora Kelly Park
--Sky Meadows State Park
--Tubing at Watermelon Park
--Fort Smallwood State Park
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2020 12:17     Subject: Re:Staycation Ideas for the Summer
OP, ask on the travel forum. You will find your people there.
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2020 11:55     Subject: Re:Staycation Ideas for the Summer
Not a staycation per se but you could rent a River House or a lake house and spend a week some place else playing in the water
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2020 11:46     Subject: Staycation Ideas for the Summer
It's ok to go back to those places. If there's a particular hike you liked, do it again.

That's quite a list, OP.
Anonymous
Post 07/01/2020 10:41     Subject: Re:Staycation Ideas for the Summer
Wow OP. I'm so much lazier than you. Our staycation plans are cooking/baking, hanging out in the backyard and deck and watching movies on the projector at night, biking around and taking walks. Lots of reading. I need to motivate and find safe places to go where we can SD but still have fun and feel safe.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 20:47     Subject: Re:Staycation Ideas for the Summer
Anonymous wrote:Brookside Gardens
Calvert Cliffs
Gravely Point (to have a picnic and watch the planes take off and land)
Alexandria waterfront


Oops, I missed you had put Alexandria
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 20:44     Subject: Re:Staycation Ideas for the Summer
Brookside Gardens
Calvert Cliffs
Gravely Point (to have a picnic and watch the planes take off and land)
Alexandria waterfront
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 20:35     Subject: Re:Staycation Ideas for the Summer
Anonymous wrote:That’s a lot. You average two places a week. Let the kids entertain themselves at home.


We have 7 days per week to fill. It is hard because normally we would hang out with friends. We are still social distancing.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 20:33     Subject: Re:Staycation Ideas for the Summer
That’s a lot. You average two places a week. Let the kids entertain themselves at home.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2020 20:29     Subject: Staycation Ideas for the Summer
I have 3 kids to entertain for the summer ages 3-11. I already feel like we have exhausted a lot to do around here. We have two months left to go.

Could you please add to my list?

Places we've already gone in the past two months:

Great Falls
Frying Pan Park
Roer's Zoofari
Burke Lake
Pohick Bay
Lake Fairfax
Scott's Run
Roosevelt Island
Chesapeak and Ohio Canal
Georgetown Waterfront
Old Town Alexandria
National Harbor
Wolf Trap
Butler's Orchard
Great Country Farms
Arboretum
Wharf
Washington Monument and Mall

I plan to do day trips to Baltimore and Annapolis.