Not getting enough bovine ( cow) companionship? Need a calf to chew on your pant leg to make your day complete? Need to see a real pig tail or learn the origin of the phrase "You dirty old goat" ?
Well then, take your suburban self down to Kidwell Farm at Frying Pan Park in Herndon VA...just minutes off the toll road or the Fairfax County Parkway. Take your camera your kids your dog or your significant other and (3 comments)
If you need a quick children's outing near Herndon and Reston, go see some friendly farm animals at Frying Pan Park's Kidwell Farm.
Located off West Ox road near its intersection with Centreville road, the farm is just outside of Herndon on the Chantilly side.
Our young adult children still stop in to check on the baby animals and relive their childhood memories from years of visits. Below is a photo tour web site of Kidwell Farm that I (6 comments)
frying pan park: Fourth of July Fireworks in Herndon and Reston plus Animals at Kidwell Farm
- 07/02/10 01:41 AM
Fourth of July Fireworks in Herndon and Reston plus Animals at Kidwell Farm What is close to Herndon and to Reston? Try Lake Fairfax in Reston. Lie on the slope above the lake and watch the lights reflecting in the water. Eat. We took our then 2 year old daughter to Lake Fairfax fireworks for the first time 20 years ago. She screamed the whole time once they started.
We ended up in the car for the remainder, trying to comfort her.
5 years later her younger sister made the (5 comments)
frying pan park: Writing the Rhythms of Rural Life: My Sister to Our Mother
- 12/10/09 08:50 AM
Kidwell Farm Park, Frying Pan Park, things to do near Reston and Herndon, Childrens activities near Reston and Herndon No, this picture does not represent the snowbound season my sister writes about below. It is Kidwell Farm Park in Herndon VA If you live in the Reston area can still get both your country and city fix. 45 minutes east takes you into Washington DC and 45 minutes west or north takes you into rural bliss. Kidwell Farm Park in Herndon is only 15 minutes away from almost anywhere in Restn and it can provide you with a great fun day (0 comments)
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