Find Things to Do in Loudoun County VA-Plan a day trip, Family Fun, Romantic Getaways, Museums and more » Feature Post http://www.visitloudounvirginia.com Tue, 10 May 2011 01:13:14 +0000 en hourly 1 Red Rock Wilderness Overlook Park http://www.visitloudounvirginia.com/2009/07/red-rock-wilderness-overlook-park/ http://www.visitloudounvirginia.com/2009/07/red-rock-wilderness-overlook-park/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:39:10 +0000 admin http://www.visitloudounvirginia.com/?p=21 Discover a beautiful out-of-the-way place. Hike over hills and through the woods to panoramic views of the Potomac and the distant blue foothills across the river on this 67 acre property. Explore historical buildings that date back to the 1800s, such as an icehouse, a carriage house, and a granary.

Directions: To reach Red Rock from the Beltway (I-495), exit onto Route 7, drive west, just before Leesburg, exit onto Highway 15, north to Edwards Ferry Road (Route 773), take a right on Edwards Ferry and drive 1.5 miles to park entrance on the left.

Website: http://www.nvrpa.org/parks/redrock/

Activities: Hiking, Bird Watching

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The village is a Loudoun County Historic and Cultural Conservation Site, on the Virginia Historic Landmarks Register, on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 1970, the entire village, with the farmland surrounding it, was designated a National Historic Landmark District, one of only three such landmarks in the entire United States.

http://www.waterfordva-wca.org/

]]> http://www.visitloudounvirginia.com/2009/04/village-of-waterford/feed/ 0 National Air and Space Museum http://www.visitloudounvirginia.com/2009/02/national-air-and-space-museum/ http://www.visitloudounvirginia.com/2009/02/national-air-and-space-museum/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:22:37 +0000 admin http://www.visitloudounvirginia.com/?p=28 The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the Museum on the National Mall. The museum provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall. The two sites together showcase the largest collection of aviation and space artifacts in the world.

14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, Virginia 20151

Hours:
10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Extended Summer Hours
May 22 through Sept 6:
10:00 am – 6:30 pm
Some exceptions

http://www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy/

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