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Maryland Sites
Virginia Sites
 

Maryland

 

Accokeek

Meeting Days: Wendesdays
Location: Private property abutting Piscataway Park
Address: West Auburn Rd., Accokeek, MD (exact address provided upon enrollment)
Pickup/Drop-off: TBD
 

Bethesda

Meeting Days: Thursdays
Location: Cabin John Regional Park
Address: 7400 Tuckerman Ln, Bethesda, MD 20817 (map)
Pickup/Drop-off: Playground parking area
 

Bowie

Meeting Days: Thursdays
Location: Whitemarsh Park, Bowie, MD
Address: 100 White Marsh Park Dr, Bowie, MD 20716
Pickup/Drop-off: When you enter the park, drive all the way down past all the parking lots and buildings, and then turn left at the T to access a parking area near a playground (map)

 

Crownsville

Meeting Days: Tuesdays
Location: Elks Camp Barrett
Address: 1001 Chesterfield Rd, Annapolis, MD 21401
Pickup/Drop-off: Pass through the gate onto camp property.  Park by the playground (map).

 

Gaithersburg

Meeting Days: Wednesdays
Location: Private property next to Seneca Creek State Park
Address: 13405 Pulver Pl., Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (map)
  • This program is made possible by our generous hosts, who have a great little homestead backing up to a large tract of Seneca Creek Park.  
Pickup/Drop-off:
  • From Bondy Ln., turn left onto Pulver Pl. then park on the right side of the road, just before or after the long driveway, an instructor will be waiting to greet you.
  • Parents are welcome to walk down to check out the homestead, but please don't touch any of the fences (around chickens and some of the planted areas) - they are electrified. 
  • If it is stormy weather at pick up or drop-off, it would be possible to drive down to near the equipment barn where students would take shelter.  
 

Sandy Spring

Meeting Days: TBD
Location: Ednor Local Park
Address: 17030 Clear Creek Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20905 (map)

 

Virginia

 

Centreville

Meeting Days: Tuesdays
​Location: Chalet Woods Park/Cub Run Valley Stream Park, Centreville, VA
Address: 14912 Cranoke St, Centreville, VA 20120
Pickup/Drop-off: Cul-de-sac at end of Cranoke St. (map)

 

Clifton

Meeting Days: Mondays
Location:  Private residence in Clifton
Address: 12906 Clifton Creek Dr, Clifton, VA, 20124 (map)
Pickup/Drop-off: Private residence at 12906 Clifton Creek Dr, Clifton, VA, 20124.  Please use care on the narrow road getting there, and park on the street, letting students walk down the driveway.
 

Falls Church

Meeting Days: Mondays, Fridays
Location: Eakin Park, Fairfax, VA
Address: 3401 Prosperity Ave, Fairfax, VA 22031 (map)
Pickup/Drop-off: 
Please use the circular parking off of Prosperity Ave for drop off/pickup [map]. Students will gather on the grass beside the parking lot. There is a playground down the trail from the park should you arrive early.
 

Fredericksburg

Meeting Days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Location: Forest Gardens - Permaculture Farm
Address: 58 Westebbe Ln, Fredericksburg, VA 22406 (map)
Pickup/Drop-off:
Take a left turn off Holly Corner Road onto Westebbe Lane- a gravel road leading to the Forest Gardens farm land. Drive slowly, cars coming in and out may pause for one another to pass. We will meet on the grass field near the big barn to the south
 

Lorton

Meeting Days: Mondays
Location: Gunston Hall
Address: 10709 Gunston Rd, Lorton, VA 22079 (map)
Pickup/Drop-off: In parking lot in front of the Visitor's Center.
 

Reston

Meeting Days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays (Compass & Advanced)
Location: Lake Fairfax Park
Address: 1400 Lake Fairfax Dr, Reston, VA 20190 (map)
Pickup/Drop-off: Lake Fairfax Skate Park - signs should guide you there.  Drive past the waterpark and turn left at stop-sign, then all the way back into the park, turning right at a T. There is a porto potty at the parking area.
 

Springfield

Meeting Days: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
Location: Brookfield Park & Accotink Stream Valley Park
Address: 7417 Floyd Ave, Springfield, VA 22150
Pickup/Drop-off: Small parking area at the intersection of Floyd Ave. & Dickinson St. Right next to 7431 Dickenson St, Springfield, VA 22150 (map)

 

Stafford

Meeting Days: Thursdays, Fridays
Location: Stafford Civil War Park, Stafford, VA
Address: 400 Mt Hope Church Rd, Stafford, VA 22554
Pickup/Drop-off: The group meets at the end of Dilger Rd., also shown in Google Maps as the Union Infantry Winter Camp (map).  There is usually a porto-potty at the drop off.  There are also flush toilets at the parking area off the other park road that you pass on the way to drop-off.
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