List of Things to Do
The following list was complied by fellow Bigs.
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Local Attractions
Click on the following links for more information on each attraction.
- Air Force Memorial
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Antietam National Battlefield
- Arena Stage
- Arlington National Cemetary
- Blossom Kite Festival (formerly the Smithsonian Kite Festival)
- Bowie Baysox Baseball Game
- Central Park Funland – Fredericksburg, VA
- Children’s Science Center
- Claude Moore Colonial Farm
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Cox Farms – Centreville, VA
- Crime and Punishment Museum
- Dave & Buster’s – Springfield, VA
- Discovery Theater
- DC Segway Tour
- DC United Soccer Game
- Downtown Annapolis, Maryland
- FDR Memorial
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Ford’s Theatre
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
- Frederick Keys Baseball Game
- Freer and Sackler Gallery of Art
- George Mason’s Gunston Hall
- George Washington’s Mount Vernon
- Gettysburg National Battlefield Park
- Ghost and Graveyard Tour of Alexandria
- Great Falls Park
- Harper’s Ferry National Park
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- International Spy Museum
- Jiffy Lube Live Amphitheater
- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- King’s Dominion
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Leesburg Animal Park
- Lincoln Memorial
- Luray Caverns
- Madame Tussauds
- Manassas National Battlefield Park
- Mason Neck State Park
- National Air and Space Museum
- National Arboretum
- National Archives
- National Building Museum
- National Gallery of Art
- National Geographic Museum
- National Guard Memorial Museum
- National Harbor
- National Museum of African Art
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of the American Indian
- National Museum of Natural History
- National Museum of Women in the Arts
- National Museum of the US Navy
- National Postal Museum
- National Portrait Gallery
- National World War II Memorial
- National Zoo
- Newseum
- Old Town Alexandria
- Pentagon Tour
- Pentagon Memorial
- Potomac Nationals Baseball Game
- Prince William Forest Park
- Rebounderz Trampoline Park – Sterling
- Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Roer’s Zoofari (formerly Reston Zoo)
- Six Flags America
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park
- Splashdown Waterpark
- Skyline Drive
- Theodore Roosevelt Island National Park
- Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Top Golf – Alexandria, VA
- Top Golf – Ashburn, VA
- Torpedo Factory Art Center
- Udvar-Hazy National Air and Space Museum
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- U.S. Botanic Garden
- U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- U.S. Capitol Tour
- U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial
- U.S. Navy Memorial and Naval Heritage Center
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Washington Capitals Hockey Game
- Washington Redskins Football Game
- Washington Kastles Tennis
- Washington Monument
- Washington Mystics Basketball Game
- Washington Nationals Baseball Game
- Washington Wizards Basketball Game
- Washington National Cathedral
- White House Tour
- Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
- Workhouse Arts Center
Activities
- Apple Picking
- Arcade
- Basketball
- Bike ride (W&OD Trail)
- Boat ride along the Potomac
- Bowling
- Canoeing
- Carving Pumpkins
- Cherry Blossom Festival/Parade
- Comedy Sports Improv
- Cook a meal together
- Cooking/Baking/Cookout/BBQ
- Corn maze
- Day Trip to Amish Country
- Decorating a Christmas tree
- Drawing
- Dying Easter Eggs
- Easter Egg Hunt
- Fireworks- Fourth of July at the Mall
- Fishing
- Flag Football
- Flying a kite
- Frisbee Golf
- Go to a farmer’s market/flea market
- Haunted houses
- Hayride
- High Tea at the Four Seasons
- Hit Golf Balls at a Driving Range
- Hockey
- Horseback riding
- Ice cream and a walk along Georgetown
- I-MAX movie
- Indoor Ice Skating
- Indoor rock climbing
- Kayaking
- Laser Tag
- Lighting of the National Christmas tree
- Lunch at Union Station
- Make a treasure hunt for your little
- Make Christmas Stockings
- Making a holiday wreath
- Marine Corps Evening Parade
- Mini-golfing
- Movies
- Outdoor Ice Skating
- Pedicure/Manicure
- Picnic
- Planetarium
- Racquetball
- Roller Skating
- Scrapbooking
- Shoot Pool
- Skiing
- Skiing/Snowboarding at White Tail (PA)
- Sledding
- Snowball fights
- Snowboarding
- Summer Concert Series (Ballston, Bethesda)
- Swimming
- Swimming at a public pool
- Tennis
- Trick or Treating
- Verizon Center events (i.e. Circus, concerts)
- Visit Annapolis
- Visit Baltimore
- Volleyball
- Water balloon fights
- Whitewater Rafting/Tubing (WV)
