Ellanor C. Lawrence Park (Walney Visitor Center)
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🥾 Hike · Chantilly
2 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 35 min driveFrom Rockville · Parking: Free lot at the Walney Visitor Center
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Good on cool days · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall
A 650-acre wooded park in western Fairfax. The stone-house Walney Visitor Center keeps live snakes, turtles, and bees plus a kids' discovery corner, the little pond outside has frogs and tadpoles, and farther in are gentle forest trails and an old mill. Just right for a morning.
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