Celebrate the Outdoors at Earth Day 2024!

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Since 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated across the nation and in more than 192 countries throughout the world to raise awareness for environmental protection and conservation. Ultimately, the goal is to instill in each of us a sense of environmental stewardship demonstrated through simple everyday choices we can make such as recycling, conserving water and energy, or even getting the whole family involved in a volunteer clean-up activity.

To get to that point, most of us need to feel a real connection to the world around us, and that’s not always an easy thing to do with all the virtual distractions clamoring for our attention. This year, take advantage of the Park Authority’s Earth Day Festival and forge a real connection to the outdoors through the universal languages of fun and play!

Join us on Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the Sully Historic Site (3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly)

There’s more than enough fun to go around!

  • Meet WUSA-9 meteorologist Topper Shutt and his team, see the Eco9 hybrid production truck and learn how to report your own weather forecast.
  • See our farmland friends from Frying Pan Farm Park and learn about local plant and wildlife.
  • Come see Ranger Rick and learn to draw a variety of animals with the National Wildlife Foundation.
  • Enjoy fun experiments that will increase your understanding of the water cycle and other natural processes going on all around us.
  • Challenge yourself with the popular Earth Day obstacle course or test your inner outdoorsman with Nerf archery, ax throwing, fishing and camping skills.
  • You can also participate in a wide variety of outdoor fitness demonstrations from yoga to bootcamps, and even try our outdoor synthetic ice-skating rink.
  • Earth Day will also have a full slate of live entertainment, a touch-a-truck exhibit, food trucks and a craft beer garden.
  • There will also be a sensory tent with toys, fidgets and crafts for those who may need to find a calmer and more relaxed way of celebrating the day, or who may just need to take a break from the excitement.

That’s just for starters! With so much to do, learn and experience, it’s an event you’re not going to want to miss. Keep up to date with the latest event details online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/earth-day-festival. See you at Earth Day!

This popular Earth Day event is sponsored by the Fairfax County Park Foundation. The Fairfax County Park Foundation, a 501(c)(3), supports the Fairfax County Park Authority by raising private funds, obtaining grants, and creating partnerships that supplement tax dollars to meet our community’s needs for park land, facilities, and services. Visit the Park Foundation website or call them at 703-324-8582.

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About Fairfax County Park Authority

About Fairfax County Park Authority HISTORY: On December 6, 1950, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors created the Fairfax County Park Authority. The Park Authority was authorized to make decisions concerning land acquisition, park development and operations in Fairfax County, Virginia. To date, 13 park bond referenda have been approved between 1959 and 2016. Today, the Park Authority has 427 parks on more than 23,000 acres of land. We offer 325 miles of trails, our most popular amenity. FACILITIES: The Park system is the primary public mechanism in Fairfax County for the preservation of environmentally sensitive land and resources, areas of historic significance and the provision of recreational facilities and services including: • Nine indoor Rec Centers with swimming pools, fitness rooms, gyms and class spaces. Cub Run features an indoor water park and on-site naturalist • Eight golf courses from par-3 to championship level, four driving ranges including the new state-of-the-art heated, covered range at Burke Lake Golf Center • Five nature and visitor centers. Also nine Off-Leash Dog Activity areas • Three lakefront parks including Lake Fairfax, Lake Accotink and Burke Lake, with campgrounds at Burke Lake and Lake Fairfax. The Water Mine Family Swimmin’ Hole at Lake Fairfax, Our Special Harbor Sprayground at Franconia as well as an indoor water park at Cub Run Rec Center • Clemyjontri Park, a fully accessible playground in Great Falls featuring two acres of family friendly fun and a carousel, as well as Chessie’s Big Backyard and a carousel at the Family Recreation Area at Franconia Park • An ice skating rink at Mount Vernon Rec Center and the Skate Park in Wakefield Park adjacent to Audrey Moore Rec Center • Kidwell Farm, a working farm of the 1930s-era at Frying Pan Farm Park in Herndon, now with historic carousel • Eight distinctive historic properties available for rent • A working grist mill at Colvin Run in Great Falls and a restored 18th century home at Sully Historic Site in Chantilly • A horticulture center at Green Spring Gardens in Annandale • Natural and cultural resources protected by the Natural Resource Management Plan and Cultural Resource Plans, plus an Invasive Management Area program that targets alien plants and utilizes volunteers in restoring native vegetation throughout our community • Picnic shelters, tennis courts, miniature golf courses, disc golf courses, off-leash dog parks, amphitheaters, a marina, kayaking/canoeing center • Provides 263 athletic fields, including 39 synthetic turf fields, and manages athletic field maintenance services at 417 school athletic fields. PARK AUTHORITY BOARD: A 12-member citizen board, appointed by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, sets policies and priorities for the Fairfax County Park Authority. Visit https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news2/social-hub/ for Fairfax County Government's Comment Policy.

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