Field Trip Ideas

http://virginiafieldtrips.com/

Suggested by our moms for group trips, but many would make a nice outing for just your family:

A factory (Whitewave is a great one)
A farm to do a task
Airport
Apple orchard
Architecture
Bee Keeper- Hott Apiary Bee Keeping
Big Meadows, Skyline Drive
Brethren/Mennonite Valley Heritage Museum
Campbell copy center
Canoeing
Caverns (Grottoes’ Grand Caverns)
Civil War Battle sites
Community Services (water, electric, etc)
Crossroads Cultural Center
Dairy Farm
DC Zoo and Smithsonians
EMU Science Museum
Fire station
Frontier Culture Museum
Gypsy Hill Train
Harriet Tubman Center
Harrisonburg Farmer’s Market
Heritage Center in Dayton
Hiking
Humpback Rocks Hike
Inside view of business or government agencies
Jeb Stuart’s home
JMU arboretum
JMU Gem Collection
JMU Planetarium
Luray Zoo
Mi Mexico Foods (local tortilla factory)
Montepelier
Monticello
Mt. Crawford creamery
Natural Bridge zoo
Natural Chimneys
New Market Battlefield
NRA Headquarters
Observatory of Green Bank
Our Community Place
Pizza Restaurant (Vito’s)
Police station
Pond at Massanutten’s Western Slope
Post office
Produce Auction
Public Radio Station
Pumpkin Patch
Quarry
Quilt museum
Rescue Squad
Riven Rock
Rt 11 Chip Factory
Safari Park
Season’s Bounty Farm
Shenandoah Caverns
Stable (Cross Keys Equine Therapy)
State Arboretum near Winchester
Strite’s donuts
The 3D printing shop
The refugee center
Tour of the White House
Veterinarian Clinic
Visit a courtroom
Visit the County Clerk of Court office
Weather Station
White Oak Lavender farm
Wildlife Refuge Center
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace

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