Happy
Halloween!
Ready
to Embark on a Fall Adventure?
By Dana
Cazan (October 31, 2006)
Once again, the time has come for pumpkin
patches and autumn leaves to decorate our metropolitan neighborhoods. The
season’s colorful features surround you wherever you go with
newspaper advertisements flaunting the best bargains on Halloween
costumes and supermarkets welcoming customers to aisles filled
with pounds of candy. It
is impossible to escape fall’s festivities, so why not just join
in?
Here are some local activities that are
sure to offer fun and amusing memories!
Nightmare Forest
For those who dare to venture through
the 30-minute tour located in the woods of Sterling, Virginia,
the Nightmare Forest is
sure to provide a truly spooky Halloween experience. If you are a true risk-seeker, you can sign
up for the tour designated for anyone older than 10 years of
age. But be sure to bring someone with you because
it is said that few make it out alive!
Phone: (703) 450-4655
47001
Fairway Dr
Sterling, VA, 20165
http://www.forest.nightmare-manor.com/release.html
Fall
Festival and Pumpkin Patch at Cox Farms
Cox Farms provides amusement for everyone,
both young and old, on those beautiful autumn days! Complete with hayrides, a produce market, a
pumpkin patch, and mazes, the farm is known as a "low-tech
amusement park." Although
unique events take place all season long, Pumpkin Madness will
surely be one that you won't want to miss! Scheduled
for this upcoming weekend, Pumpkin Madness is
an event in which people destroy, launch and toss pumpkins!
Phone: (703) 830-4121
15621
Braddock Rd.
Centreville, VA 20120-1140
centreville@coxfarms.com
North
Run Farm Corn Maze
Have you ever attempted to find your
way through a giant scarecrow maze? If
not, here's your chance! Home to not only a massive maze that
from an aerial view resembles a scarecrow but also many other
mazes is North
Run Farm. Located in Stevenson, Maryland,
the farm is a nice break from the city and makes for a great
workout with tons of trails waiting to be explored!
Phone: (410) 241-3392
1701
Greenspring Valley Rd
Stevenson, MD, 21153
http://www.northrunfarm.com/
Pumpkinville
The owners of Leesburg Animal Park understand
the excitement of going to the petting zoo and the pumpkin patch
that we all felt as children and so they have created Pumpkinville. A pleasurable and scenic trip in the car takes
you to a day's getaway filled with animal encounters, trips through
an Indian Tepee, and, of course, the exploration of your natural
surroundings.
Phone: (703) 779-2332
19270
James Monroe Hwy
Leesburg, VA, 20175
http://www.leesburganimalpark.com/pumpkinville.htm
