This place is such a gem!! We absolutely love it. The staff is soooo friendly, helpful and…read moreknowledgeable. We are so lucky to have this near our house. My kids love visiting all the animals, the turtles, snakes and bearded dragon are the favorites! W elige that they have a pretty big variety of toys available to play with and the dress up options are always a hit! It's a great place to visit during the winter and rainy days! But also so fun when the weather is great and you can walk around the trails. The only downside is the limited parking, but if weather is good the parking by the playground makes it a fun all morning adventure!

This such an incredible gem for families and nature lovers a like!…read more 1) Trails are easy to navigate and you will almost always see some type of wildlife whether it is butterflies, bugs, or deer. 2) The recently renovated playground is large and accessible for both small and big kids. There is a covered shelter nearby which makes it the perfect spot for a birthday party. 3) The nature center is a great place to explore on cold or rainy days. You can see turtles, a bearded dragon, play with toys in a little nature nook that looks like it came straight out of the Berenstein Bears, or climb up and down their little play structure. The people who work here are extremely friendly and the price for all of this is Free 99. 4) They host field trips and birthday parties that are fun and informative for kids and adults alike. My three year old STILL talks about the frog who peed on the floor last year at her class presentation. We are so lucky to have a gem like this in our area.

Lots of fun times here. When my son was 3 to 6 years old, he was thrilled to go here. It was fun…read moregoing recently with a friend and their little one. Now I have a 13 year old with a different attitude and eye rolling. Yet coming back here was worth it. You do have to park on neighborhood streets, but unless a nice weekend, it's relatively a cinch. This park is fenced in. Please still watch your kids though! There are a lot of toys for them to play with. I think people donate items here. There's also some playground equipment. It's not fancy but it's good for small children and families.

Reviewing as a pregnant mom with a 21 month old who visited around 10 am on a Thursday after school…read morewas back in session for the area/ Parking: perfect! Right on the street next to the park, I had no problems finding multiple parking spots which was great! Bathrooms: right on the side, nothing fancy. Single bathrooms, spacious to bring your stroller in. Park: park itself looked underwhelming but once I started strolling through, I noticed how many play areas there were. There were at least 4 different swing areas (bucket and regular swings), there was a sandbox with toys (no slide anymore), two park playgrounds (one for toddlers one for big kids) and plenty of benches for parents, along with a sort of merry go round that my son loved pushing Crowd: great diversity and different ages there. When I went there were a lot of nanny groups and kids all playing together. My son is a little younger than the crowd and isn't used to playing with others but he enjoyed watching nearby. Seating: like I said, tons of benches set up at each little attraction, a good amount of picnic tables where the older kids were having lunch outside which I loved! Overall my son stayed for 1.5 hours and would've stayed longer if we weren't needing to leave for nap time. Great time! Wish I had taken more pictures but I'll update with overall area pictures when we go back next which I know will be in the next couple days!

This park is tucked away in a quiet residential neighbourhood, and it's a nicely kept secret. Much…read moreof the playground area is heavily shaded which makes a good option for those sunny summer days. Some of the playground equipment is a little older but there's enough here to keep kids entertained for a couple of hours. There's a little shelter/house, climbing bars for older kids, and a fire truck apparatus. Immediately outside the playground area is a covered picnic shelter, basketball courts, and soccer field, which I have never seen used. This is a nice option for those seeking a more private/quieter park experience.

We often head towards Route 7 when we we're looking for things to do with our two small kids (3 and…read more1), so it was from the recommendation of another parent that we try this 'hidden' park, that they described as the private community park that no one else knows about. And they're right; there's almost no way you'd know this park is here unless you lived here or you scoped the FCC parks website before wandering around. There's no signage outside of one announcing the name of the park in front of it* and no directions from West St. to lead you there. Mostly, after spending the afternoon at the park, I can understand why the locals wouldn't want anyone to know about it: it's great! A huge field for running around, or a makeshift soccer game; a fairly extensive playset for the younger kids; a grill and a covered area to have a picnic. There's not much parking available other than on-street and, being that this is a residential neighborhood, you're parking in front of people's houses rather than in a parking lot. The fields/playset back up directly to people's backyards so anywhere someone doesn't have a fence, it can get a little weird when you make eye contact with people who are just hanging out at their house. But regardless, a great neighborhood park and a good asset for FCC, at least if you can find it. * - Moose out front shoulda told ya.

Great park for our 4 & 2 y.o. Grandchildren. Play area is segregated by age/ability and lots to do…read more Be aware that there is ample, but somewhat limited shade and seating. All the same a great morning adventure!

Nice size park. Decent amount of street parking. Area for smaller and big kids. Basketball court x…read more2 and a soccer type area . Lots of trees but no cover from sun. Enjoyed this area. Also has bathrooms.

This is the perfect place for littles for some good old summertime fun. This is a SPLASH PAD ONLY…read moreand we loved it, here's why: -It's FREE and HUGE -Safe and Fun area for littles 1yr-5yr and parents to enjoy water play -Plenty of FREE parking -Swim shoes must be worn at all times -Swim diapers are allowed -FREE Playground available and easy to maneuver from the splash pad to the playground -Carousel available News you can use -No outside food allowed

Met up with my some fam and my goddaughter at this park... what fun! And it was quite a hot day for…read moreit. The parking lot was packed, but I managed to get a space that wasn't obnoxiously far and walk right in. My fam was hanging out under some umbrellas and I could see lots of water fountains and sprinklers all about. There's nothing particularly exciting for adults (except for the bucket pour, but it's a great environment if you're looking to cool off the kids! The bathrooms had an interesting protocol that I hadn't seen before. The park closes at 7, and each of the bathrooms closed in 15 minute intervals leading up to that time. For example, the leftmost one closed at 6:15, the second one closed at 6:30, and so on. What they don't tell you, which I do think would be key (kids and their bladders) is that they start cleaning the bathrooms out around 10 minutes before they close... so really you can't use the first bathroom after 6:05. Other than that, the park is cool! Seating is first come first serve, and they close promptly at 7.

Top secret playground and picnic spot buried in a post war neighborhood just a short distance away…read morefrom District Taco. This place is clean, stocked with brand new equipment including the teacup spinner seat that would make anyone over the age of 8 vomit, and also features a paved track around its perimeter that would be a good spot for training a tyke to bike. There are shady spots and benches for grownups seeking to escape the sun, always a bonus since there is some regulation on the books that require all playgrounds to be devoid of the slightest shadow at midday. Only drawback is that unlike many Arlington parks there are no restrooms, so of course after about 15 minutes of playing my daughter realized her bladder could no longer hold all the Boylan's cream soda she'd imbibed at D.T. with her lunch.

We love this park. It's a bit tucked away in a neighborhood not far from Westover, and there are so…read moremany different things to do in it that could occupy your kids. The best thing about it, in my opinion, is that there is a continuous looped trail for bicycling along the outskirts of the park. It's the closest thing you get to a fenced-in park without it actually being fenced in. (Keep in mind that it is pretty large, and it isn't necessarily a park you'd be able to see your kid at all times if he/she ran or biked to the other end). That being said, my kids loved coming here to practice biking and I liked that it was contained. The climbing structures are great, and the rock structures enthralled my kids. There are water fountains too, but alas, no bathrooms. No matter, it's still an awesome park regardless.

April 15, 2026 - A hidden gem and fascinating park we discovered recently since we moved here in…read more2023. It has been an incredibly fun adventure for us - finding parks and places to enjoy, hike, and immerse ourselves in the nature, beauty of the outdoors, and wildlife in Virginia & Maryland. We walked all the trails in the Hidden Pond Park and liked spending time in the Hidden Pond Nature Center in the park. There are many activities for children and adults in the parks. The staff there were friendly and helpful. The park is well maintained and there are so many picturesque areas and hiking trails to experience there. We spent about three hours in the park. The park was peaceful and quiet. We experienced no traffic and saw very few people during our hike on the trails. Austin, one of the staff in the Nature Center, said it had to do with the geography & location of the park. Along the trails are many sitting areas to take a break. We saw many kinds of birds, deer, flowers, and foxes during our time in the park. Strongly recommend wearing bug repellent & sunscreen and checking out a map of the trails in the nature center. Beautiful park to visit during each season and very ideal for wildlife photographers and for peaceful & quiet walks in the park.

What did we see on our first day walking the trails? -Red fox, 3 deer, red shouldered hawk,…read morecardinal, woodpecker, sleeping squirrel, sparrows, chickadee, carnivorous plant, and a turtle back at the pond. Pretty eventful day, April 15, 2026. Staff were helpful and nice! Nature Center provides wildlife education and animals, a place to refill water or use the utilities. I wouldn't expect to see all that we seen, as think we were pretty lucky to come across all of that in one day. For instance as soon as we sat down on the bench near the river, the hawk flew over and landed nearby, first to get a drink of water then perched nearby. The fox happened to be coming to the river before we locked eyes and ran off while I fumbled with my dang lens cap, as always. Good luck!

The water play area is no longer there which was a big disappointment. There are some nice little…read morecabanas with nice seating and a mini golf area for little ones. Overall nice but we were really looking for water play :(

A great summer attraction for small children. They seem to love to get in among the fountains and…read moreget wet.