(4-Adult) Amazing reptiles call our park home. Play games, test your courage with a touch table and meet these wonderful creatures up close. Calm your nerves by roasting s'mores at a campfire while listening to stories and then take a stroll through the darkening autumn woods.Sign up starting at 6 p.m. or 7 p.m.
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Hike Sully Historic Site’s trail and explore abandoned sites along Cain’s Branch waterway, learning about early inhabitants who made Sully their home, for ages 6 and up.
Used book sale offers gently used fiction, non-fiction, DVDs, CDs, and audiobooks at bargain prices in the Chantilly Regional Library meeting and conference rooms for all ages.
Hike through Fairfax County Park Authority trails while learning to sketch a beautiful autumn scene, ages 10 and up.
Cox Farms offers giant slides, hayrides through Imaginature Trail, a corn maze, farm animals, apple cider and pick‑your‑own pumpkins, all ages.
Stream Life (Ellanor C. Lawrence Park Visitor Center & Amphitheater) — Guide leads stream exploration, using dip/kick nets to find stoneflies, hellgrammites, water pennies, crayfish, ages 4+.
Naturalist-led hike at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park identifies edible and unsafe plants, teaches rope making and folk remedies linked to Eastern Woodland Indians, for ages 10 and up.
A Trick-or-Treat Trail and Halloween House at Walker Nature Center feature costumed characters, animals, apple cider, popcorn, games, light effects, non‑scary costumes encouraged, for ages 3 and up.
Haunted Mini Golf at Oakmont Rec Center offers trick‑or‑treat prizes at every hole, food trucks, popcorn and games; $15 online, $18 door, all ages.
Trick-or-treat on the farm with farm animals, crafts, games, and a decorated farmhouse tour, in one‑hour slots at Frying Pan Farm Park, for ages 2 and up.
Evening campfire at Hidden Pond Nature Center features nature walks, interactive activities, animal presentations and s’mores, all ages.
NOVA Parks naturalist leads a relaxed morning hike at Algonkian Regional Park, highlighting seasonal changes, plant and animal observations, and autumn sights, sounds, and scents.
Nighttime lantern-lit tour of the historic house and 19th‑century gristmill shares local ghost stories, legends, and supernatural tales, ages 12 and up.
