NOVA Wild VISIT FAIRFAX/ MATADOR NETWORKS explore more fun for families! animal encounters Burke Lake Mini Golf VISIT FAIRFAX/APRIL GREER Get up close and personal with the animals that make Reston’s NOVA Wild home. You can even add on a baby capybara or sloth encounter! See what early 20th-century farm life was like and meet the baby animals at Frying Pan Farm Park in Herndon. Visitors to George Washington’s Mount Vernon shouldn’t miss the mansion and livestock, including breeds raised on the estate during Washington’s time. great golf Perch Putt will give families a new perspective on mini golf – one that’s 11 stories off the ground in Tysons. Food trucks and cocktails are available, too! Combine a trip to Lucky Duck Mini Golf with a picnic and a spin on the carousel in Springfield. Oakmont Mini Golf in Oakmont has short paths, making it easier for littles to get around. Keep an eye out for pirates at Lorton’s Treasure Island Mini Golf . It may be hard to keep your eye on your ball at Monster Mini Golf in Chantilly – not because it glows in the dark, but because of all the spooky-silly animatronics. The new Masterpiece Mini Golf at Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton combines art history with family fun, with each hole a tribute to masters like Monet and Michelangelo. If only part of the family wants to play, try Burke Lake Mini Golf , where non-golfers can hike or grab a snack from the ice cream parlor in this Fairfax Station park. FXVA.COM 39 Fairfax County Virginia family
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