Open: Daily
Hours: Noon until 5 pm.
Friday’s until 9 PM & Saturday’s until 6 PM
Tasting Fees: $5 per person.
Groups of 10 or more $10 per person
Wine and Food Pairing: Last Friday of each month, $45 per person & reservations are required.
Food: Light fare is available for purchase.

Thanksgiving Day:  Closed
12/24 Christmas Eve:  Closed
12/25 Christmas Day:  Closed
12/31 New Year’s Eve:  Closed
1/1 New Year’s Day:  Closed
Easter Sunday Closed

8 Chains North is Loudoun’s newest winery. It is named after a site where the winery’s vineyard is planted near Waterford. During the Civil War, Confederate engineers made a river crossing on the winery’s site that was 1.8 chains (one chain equals 66 feet) upriver of one of Col. White’s river fields in Leesburg. 8 Chains North opened July 3.

Hours: Open and operating Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Location: 8 Chains North Winery 38593 Daymont Ln Waterford, VA 20197-1038

The Aquiary is a destination for Loudoun kids and their parents to learn about water in Loudoun, and hopefully walk away with a greater appreciation for what it takes to get it to them, and treat it for them. It’s also a place where we can share our passion for water with the community, such that they become a little more compassionate about their use of it.

We’re proud to announce that the Aquiary has been recognized by the National Wildlife Federation as an official Certified Wildlife Habitat™ site.

Our Aquiary, a place for water learning and appreciation, is now open. Stop by during regular business hours Monday-Friday from 8:00-5:00 for a self-guided tour of our exhibits. We can also schedule group tours best for kids 8 and up. Call 571.291.7700 for more information.Would you like a Loudoun Water representative to talk with your group about water supply as a resource, water quality, wastewater or drinking water treatment or water stewardship? You pick the subject matter and the time allotment and we’ll provide an action-learning presentation that’s appropriate for your grade level. Contact the Manager of Communications at 571.291.7700.We are not offering tours of our Broad Run Water Reclamation Facility due to security reasons. However, please plan to visit The Aquiary inside our Administration building.Tours of Loudoun Water supplier treatment plants can be arranged by contacting our suppliers directly. Many of the local utilities are undergoing upgrades and have suspended tours until further notice. Call 703.550.9740 for tours of Fairfax County’s wastewater plant in Lorton. The City of Fairfax no longer offers tours of the Goose Creek Plant in Ashburn. Tours of the Town of Leesburg’s treatment facilities have been suspended until expansion construction is complete. Fairfax Water’s Corbalis plant in Herndon have been suspended until expansion construction is complete.If you’re interested in an outdoor activity that you can do on your own, visit Sully Elementary’s Discovery Park in Sterling. Discovery Park is a community built playground that incorporates learning with fun. Loudoun Water donated a water wall to the playground that depicts the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The playground is open to the public after school and on weekends. You may be able to arrange a field trip to Discovery Park. Contact Sully Elementary School for details.

Website:  Loudoun Water.

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

Directions >>

Location: 36441 Blueridge View Lane  Purcellville
Phone: 540-338-797311
Website: http://www.franklinparkartscenter.org/

The building is thought to have served as a home to slaves working on the James Lewis farm in the first half of the 1800s. The Lewis farm began when Vincent Lewis purchased the land in 1744. When he died, the farm was divided between his sons, James and Charles Lewis. The James Lewis farm prospered in the mid-1800’s but later declined. The Neal family, former slaves of the Lewis family, stilled lived on the property in 1870. The farm was sold at auction in 1885 after the family died out.
Where: (no inside access) 25077 Evergreen Mills Road  Sterling

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/

Choose which tour most interests you. If you have sites of particular interest, Mr. Goetz will do his best to accommodate you.

Persons hiring Mr. Goetz are asked to provide the vehicle and driver for the tour, normally their own vehicle. The meeting site may vary with the tour, but normally tours begin either at the Visitor Center in Warrenton or Mount Zion Church on US 50 east of Aldie. Click here for a Mapquest map to the visitor’s center.

Lunch at a sit-down restaurant is included in the fee, and Mr. Goetz provides chilled water for the group for the day, as well as ensuring that each person is given a packet prior to the start of the tour, which includes: a map of the day’s tour, image of John Mosby in the uniform of a full colonel in the Confederate Army, map of Mosby’s Confederacy, a couple of outstanding quotes and a bibliography for additional reading. fee. Families and large and small groups are welcome. Custom tours available.

http://www.mosbystours.com/

Loudoun Museum
16 Loudoun Street Leesburg, Virginia 20175

http://www.loudounmuseum.org/education.html