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Frying Pan Park is located in Fairfax County, Virginia on West Ox Road in Herndon, Virginia.
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This park is about midway between Route 28 and Route 7100 (Prince Williams Parkway). I usually take Prince Williams Parkway to
West Ox Road instead of the more twisty country roads from Route 28.
Two entrances led into this park from West Ox Road. Both entrances are right hand turns into the parking lots if driving from the Prince Williams Parkway to West Ox Road. The east side entrance will be approached first and is a well-tree parking area for the visitor and community center for the park. | ||
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The Visitor Center | ||
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We have visited this park several times, and usually stop at this visitor center
to check at the desk to see what type of activity was going on at the park. This is a community center that offers
pamphlets about other
nearby
parks plus dances and movie-nights are held here.
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The Visitor Center's parking lot is roomy enough for large vehicle parking as long as the parking lot isn't full. It is very restful here. I have parked in the shade of these trees and just chilled out listening to the field birds and sounds of farm animals. You aren't in the country, houses are all around, but the 103-acres of this park makes you feel like you are out in the country. The above photo on the left was taken in late winter in the Visitor Center's parking lot. The other photo was taken early spring from the park's farm side, looking towards the visitor center through the tree line of the parking lot. If you look closely at the grass area near the right most cow kids in an art class (from the Visitor/community center) are sitting there behind the fence line sketching the light color cow. For more info about the Visitor's Center click here. | ||
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Farm and Kids area 
Driving into the parking lot, on your left is the country store (white building), (extreme left of the photo) a nursey school, and a play yard area. The farm barns are to your right as you come into the parking lot. | ||
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On a spring day I met park employee Mary D. walking Caroline the dairy goat back from a girl scout outting at the farm.
Mary's friendly way made it easy for me to ask her questions about the farm and equine facilities while she drove the tractor pulled wagon tour ($4.00) around the farm property. |
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To view our comments and photos of the kids area and farm click here
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Walking Paths and Equine Facilities 
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| If you want to go for a nice walk, parking at the Visitor's Center may work out fine for you. There are bathrooms at the Visitor Center plus a water fountain for the thirsty ones. Above photos show the walking pathway from the Visitor Center headed towards the Park's farm area. | ||
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Headed out towards the right on this trail leads you out to the fields and the equine cross-country course.
To view photos of the horse arenas and the wonderful cross country jump course click here. | |
| Please remember families walking, biking and horse back riding are all sharing the same trails and need to ensure safety first when approaching and passing each other. Many horses are afraid of wheeled stuff like bikes and strollers. I have ridden horses most of my life but also love to bike and I do ride my bike out in the field with my own horses. Though my horses are used to me on a bike, they still are wary of other people on a bike or with a baby stroller. If I'm on foot or a bike, I slow my pace down when I meet and need to approach someone else riding or driving a horse. I rather be safe than have the foot print of a horse on my head. | ||
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