OUTDOORS & NATURE HOT SPOTS When you want to “be one” with nature, make tracks to these popular spots. 1. 2. 3. 4. Find serene splendor year-round at MEADOWLARK BOTANICAL GARDENS , with a trio of lakes, walking trails, weeping cherry trees and the western hemisphere’s only public Korean Bell Garden. Bird watchers and other nature lovers will dig HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK , 1,554 acres of meadows, forest and wetlands that beavers, dragonflies, herons and other creatures call home. Rent a kayak and take in the lush marshes and deep woods of MASON NECK STATE PARK , where bald eagle populations have been nurtured since the mid-1960s. Fans of adventure – including kids – can challenge themselves on exhilarating woodland zip lines, pendulum-like Tarzan swings and more at GO APE! ZIP LINE AND TREETOP ADVENTURE . Explore more outdoors and nature at FXVA.com/things-to-do FXVA.COM • 33
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