We decided to join the 1st Hike of the Year and had a great time. The county led the hike on a path…read morethat is going to be built up. After the hike we took a quick peak down at the river and want to come back for some more outdoor activity.

I'm so glad I came here this morning. I am truly grateful this land has public access and rendered…read moreas a preserve. Fauquier Co is beautiful already and then to come here and walk a trail by the Rappahannock River; It was gorgeous. I loved the rock jutting out into the river. The tall trees, so silent. I felt like I was far from home but it only took me 12 min to get here. I followed the red blaze trail. 2.5 miles maybe? Creeks, ferns, and singing birds all around. Very nice. DYK, the Rappahannock River is 195 miles long? Starts in the Blue Ridge Mountains and empties into the Chesapeake Bay. That being said, please keep Virginia beautiful. Pack it in, pack it out. Give a hoot, don't pollute!

This park is a great Warrenton spot for kids and adults alike. Aside from the play area, there is a…read morecreek area, swings, a walking trail and sports facilities. There is a bathroom area as well and water fountains. We loved the trail and the creek the most. We spotted a snake, a lizard and some rabbits on our walk. It's a well taken care of spot I would recommend for some family fun or to get out of the house. We also saw a couple having a picnic and others walking dogs.

Such a cute little place with a beautiful natural landscape! Many playful amenities for the kids…read moreand unique artistic additions to it (like mushroom painted tables and chairs). A little creek, several sets of swings, functioning bathrooms, various benches and picnic tables, walkways. Perfect for a birthday party, date, reunion, you name it. :)

be careful. someone has been intentionally littering the trails either glass. it's all different…read morecolors and sizes so check your pets, horses and self. I hope they can find who is doing this as it has completely ruined my times going there now

The trail was walkable for a half mile with no need to worry about tall grass. It looks like…read moremaintenance has been down to the first section. So for a mile round trip hike it is a good spot right now. However, at the half mile the trail starts to be over grown. It is peaceful here. I spotted a deer and many sparrows in a large clearing.

Rockwater Park gets a 5 from me. I appreciate County Parks & Recreation for creating happy places…read morefor families to enjoy together and/or jog/hike the parks. This park had a water splash area! Its October and the water splash is on and running! Wow. There is a really cool kids activity area. Somewhat like an upscale obstacle course. Then another area for a smaller kids obstacle course! They have one medium size shelter and a paved path that runs though a beautiful and large, grassy area. Birds were singing and squirrels were running. I was happy to have come here today.

Stopping overnight in Culpeper on a trip to Charlottesville, we stumbled upon this park. It was a…read morebeautiful day and lots of families were present, their children enjoying the playground equipment and water fountain cooling stations. Got to see some frisbee golf and take a wonderful hike. Beautiful vistas from the top loop, as well as fragrant jasmine. An amazing park!

This International Dark Sky Park is the smallest in Virginia. It isn't a huge park or a destination…read moreon it's own. But it is a wonderful piece of the puzzle to an engaging itinerary in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We enjoyed the playground and eating nearby in Washington VA. (To find out where we got some pretty awesome food and more about the park check out my blog post!) https://bigandlittleparks.com/rappahannock-county-park/

Small park near Washington, VA. Blink and you will miss the entrance. Park has neat children's play…read morearea. There are tennis courts too. A nature trail wraps along the Northern end through the woods and along the water. Covered picnic shelter. Big minus though is that bathrooms were locked and unavailable.

Having just purchased our first canoe, decided to use Mountain Run Lake for our maiden voyage, it…read morebeing a mere 15 minutes or so from home. While we've visited this county park a few times just to walk around, this was our first experience on the lake itself, thus my comments are pretty much just based on our lake experience. The park itself, apart from the lake, has quite a bit of property & amenities for a nice day outdoors. Lots of green open space, some walking trails (which we have yet to investigate), & a fair number of covered picnic shelters with grills &/or very nice brick fireplaces. As far as boating facilities, there is one very small wooden pier & an equally small concrete boat ramp. Since we were "launching" a canoe, was glad I was wearing my new little breathable "quick dry" water shoes, since it was impossible not to get wet during the process. Mountain Run Lake is considerably smaller than Culpeper's other lake property - Lake Pelham, which runs a canoe/kayak/paddleboard/paddleboat etc. concession - Mountain Run being a mere 75 acres to Lake Pelham's 225. Thus, it took us only about an hour to do Mountain Run's entire perimeter, & that was just via slow, leisurely paddling. (In comparison, we usually spend around 3 hours on Lake Pelham, including a 1/2-hour or so on-water lunch break.) Since we were there around 10:30 a.m. on Labor Day, there were LOTS of people fishing - both along the banks & from boats. It never ceases to amaze me that no matter how many times we visit a local waterway & see people fishing, we've yet to see anyone ever catch anything - lol! Regardless, we did our best to be considerate & stay as far away from fishing people as we could. (Unfortunately, we did just barely miss mowing down some poor guy's line, but to be honest, he was standing completely hidden in the brush on the banks, right around a corner, & there was really no way for us to know he was there. We apologized profusely, but just got a glare. Oh well.) Being an avid birder/naturalist, I was of course more interested in the wildlife than anything else. Quite a bit of deep purple Ironweed & a few patches of brilliant red Cardinal Flower blooming on the banks. Saw lots of Painted Turtles; a beautiful Great Egret; several Great Blue Herons; one very small heron that was either a Little Blue or a Little Green; Canada Geese, along with one big visiting domestic-looking Greylag goose; a handful of hybrid ducks; & the piece de resistance - an OSPREY!!!! It flew right by our canoe, carrying a fish. I had no idea that we had Osprey in Culpeper, but it was close enough to be absolutely unmistakable. Weather was absolutely lovely, & all in all it was a very nice, if short, trip. Bottom line - nice, clean park. Only caveats are that 1) being so nice & clean, it's extremely popular on weekends & holidays, so if you're looking for solitude you need to visit early in the day; & 2) Parking is extremely limited. Like most county parks, park is open from dawn till dusk.

Nice park. Fishing is meh. Never had much luck but I've seen other catches. It is a pleasant…read morelittle park.

This was the best park I visited today! Why, you ask? Because of the pollination fields and corn…read moreand pea fields! Butterflies and grasshoppers were everywhere! There's also a good sized creek, the trail follows, as well. Butterflies puddling on the rocks, tasting all the rich minerals from the creek water and ground sand/dirt. I took some great pictures of them. Plus I brought home some brown crispy leaves for my hermit crab. He loves them. He'll be crunching all night! Lenn Park also has the best dog park I've ever seen, albeit, I dont have a dog, but my daughter just got one so I'm excited. Its 3 dog areas fenced in separately. Its really nice. And grassy. Not muddy and gross. There's also some "exercise" equipment there for the dogs like bridges and circles to jump through. Best park ever! Across the street, there's a house with a rooster that was cock-a-doodle-doing! My grandson cracks up when we act like roosters. Will be a good place to get everyone together. There was one large shelter there with grills. People need to eat! Glad I took today off work. What a great day!

Love that you can walk the creek, tons of space, and lots of fun for the kids and the dogs!read more

This review is for the splash pad and playground. The incredibly awesome and very, very free splash…read morepad and playground. This new splash pad and playground serves as a reminder that damn Loudon County has some money. We got here at noon with our toddler and only planned to spend a couple of hours and ended up basically being here until they closed in the middle of summer at 8 PM. I think it's an amazing design to have three playground design for different ages right near the splash pad. Luckily it was like 5000° out so kids dried off the minute they left the waterpark to go to playgrounds. So being a wet mess really wasn't a concern. There are a few rules to the waterpark that includes no toys and no dogs and the standard diaper requirements for the incontinent , but otherwise it's pretty open and people were really really well behaved. The bathrooms are amazingly clean for a public bathrooms and offer wide enough stalls to change in. It's highly recommended because of temperatures and the fact that most of the place is concrete to wear water shoes. The only issue we had was that a baby kept putting wet banana peels like this was Mario kart in the splash pad and people kept tripping on them. Most of the water features are well functioning and a lot of fun. The playground themselves range from ages 5 to 12, and have a lot of hills with Astroturf, which is kind of fun to just roll down and they have slides built into them. There are a lot of climbing activities. The slides do get hot on a sunny day, but since the kids are already wet from the waterpark, they seem fine. And the park is very clean. We went on a weekday and it wasn't really that crowded, but I can see how weekends could be pretty full. They also have lots of tables for our families to sit down and enjoy some picnic items.

My kids love it. It's clean and lots of parking space and well maintained. It's worth visiting.read more

Northern Fauquier Community Park opened some time earlier in the year. I've been interested in this…read morepark for a while as it looks really nice when driving by on Route 55. But it was closed last time I went through Marshall as construction was not yet completed. It's located just off of Route 55 just east of beautiful, downtown Marshall, VA. It's open now, I visited yesterday as my neighbors were holding a birthday party for their 3 year old daughter at the park. They reserved a covered pavilion which had plenty of tables, a grill, and was close to lots of playground equipment for the mass of writhing kids attending the party and now running amok through the park. The park offers a lot of park amenities - from the park web site: "Open year-round, the park boasts 8 athletic fields including baseball, softball, soccer and football. The park also features two concession stands, 8 picnic shelters, an amphitheater, three playgrounds, a two mile paved multi-use trail, 3 indoor restrooms, fishing lake, meeting room and plenty of beautifully landscaped open space. Recreational programs are available for your enjoyment." I plan to come back to walk and hike, fish the lake, and maybe even grill out some time!

Impressive and beautiful regardless of the drizzly, foggy day. Out to jog someplace new, plus get…read moremy steps in. (fitbit). This park was one I had not yet been too and today I was on my own, so, NFCP it was! Pulled into the office area on the left at the enterance and read the map. 1.75 mile trail. Perfect. I wan't the only one out jogging in the rain either. - I was impressed that this park has 4 different locations with playground equipment. One with swings. 3 right next to restrooms that are actual builings. Not porta potties. I think I counted 2 consession stands next to 2 of the 4 playgrounds. Many shelters and standup grils to use. Some of these grills look huge! Very impressive; especially in the shelters by the lake. picnic tables outside the shelter areas as well. Also on site is an ampitheatre. I'm pretty sure this place gets crowded in the spring and summer just like the Warf in Warrenton. Today...it was not. - While jogging I could hear the trains whistling in the near distance. Ducks/geese wadling and quacking nearby. Even with the fog and being December you could see the beautiful ( I think ), Hawthorne trees (?) with their bright red berries. I had to google the tree. It was so pretty. -Check out my pictures but please note--It is Dec 26th and very foggy with a drizzling rain! If I hadn't already mentioned that!