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Frying Pan Park Fairfax County Virginia
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Frying Pan Park Kids and Farm Areas
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Frying Pan Park is located in Fairfax County, Virginia on West Ox Road in Herndon, Virginia.
Operated by the Fairfax County Park Authority, the park has 107-acres and presents a 1930 operating farm, community center, equine
facilities, country store, farmer's market and miles of walking trails. Admission and parking are free.
Along with farm buildings this park offers play areas, several picnic areas and a fun for the kids outside washup tub. Nearby the shown picnic area is the kid's tractor play area with three toy tractors.
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Headed towards the cider barn and farm animals I stopped at the garden to enjoy the rambling roses and walked further on
to view a planting of irises.
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Cider Barn and Press
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Behind the cider press barn is an animal barn and classroom. There I found snoozing baby pigs and Carolina (dairy goat) waiting to be milk but more than happy to enjoy a good scratch behind her ears by a park employee while they waited for the farm hand to arrive. I did not get a photo, but the farm draft horses are stabled in this area when not in their nearby field.
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Scheduled groups visiting Frying Pan Park can request to be allow to enter the 1930 style farm house and view the first floor.
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Headed back outside I joined a tractor pulled wagon tour ($4.00) around the farm.
Mary D. (park employee), an informative and easy person to talk with, was at the wheel of the tractor.
Leaving the barn area she drove us through the horse show areas and out to the shady bridle path.
To view photos of the horse show areas and Frying Pan Park's wonderful cross country jump course click here.
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Coming out of the fields we drove passed the Visitor Center and headed into the farm
building area again by approaching the farm equipment display sheds then the fenced in peacocks, goats and chickens.
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