Anonymous
Post 09/13/2024 09:51     Subject: Quick trip with 7 year old within hour or 1.5 hour drive of Arlington
Harpers Ferry is great. There's a good hike (paved), a historic area (ice cream!) and a few adventure areas (ropes course, etc). If the weather's nice it's great.

An easy trip that feels like you got away.
(We are also in Arlington.)
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2024 06:48     Subject: Quick trip with 7 year old within hour or 1.5 hour drive of Arlington
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well yes the boat or boats. If you can't do boats, skip Annapolis..


This is OP. I can do a boat. I will look at the kid friendly post about Annapolis.

Thanks for all of these ideas!


Watermark Cruises had a nice area to sit while waiting and on board. I’ve done other “kid friendly” scenic boat rides that involved standing on the dock to wait and then on the boat.
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2024 06:38     Subject: Quick trip with 7 year old within hour or 1.5 hour drive of Arlington
Anonymous wrote:Winchester area

Dinosaur Land

https://discoverymuseum.net/

Depending on your mobility and when you go: https://www.westoaksfarm-market.com/ Apple picking, festivals, playground, other fruit picking, live music, lunch



The George Washington Hotel has a lovely indoor pool.
Anonymous
Post 09/13/2024 06:05     Subject: Quick trip with 7 year old within hour or 1.5 hour drive of Arlington
Anonymous wrote:Bay beaches are still nice in fall. Calvert Cliffs may be just out of your radius but you could see what's a little closer. Kent Island area?

Definitely not Calvert Cliffs with mobility challenges
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 21:47     Subject: Quick trip with 7 year old within hour or 1.5 hour drive of Arlington
Anonymous wrote:There was a farm we went to somewhere in Virginia not far, and it had a big slide and a few rides like this swing thing. They had owls and I think lemurs (not sure about the lemurs that could’ve been somewhere else, memory fading) but it was all set up for the fall. I think it had apples or a corn maze. I just don’t remember the name of it


Leesburg animal park

Also great country farms.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 21:38     Subject: Quick trip with 7 year old within hour or 1.5 hour drive of Arlington
There was a farm we went to somewhere in Virginia not far, and it had a big slide and a few rides like this swing thing. They had owls and I think lemurs (not sure about the lemurs that could’ve been somewhere else, memory fading) but it was all set up for the fall. I think it had apples or a corn maze. I just don’t remember the name of it
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2024 21:28     Subject: Quick trip with 7 year old within hour or 1.5 hour drive of Arlington
Bay beaches are still nice in fall. Calvert Cliffs may be just out of your radius but you could see what's a little closer. Kent Island area?