Love everything aquatic and want to get wet?! In this program, participants will take part in all sorts of water-themed activities. With a NOVA Parks Naturalist, find amphibians in the frog pond, meet an aquatic turtle and watch them eat, go netting...

Explore nocturnal wildlife with a NOVA Parks Naturalist at Potomac Overlook Regional Park as the sun sets and the moon rises! Learn about what makes these creatures so adapted to nightlife and meet a few critters up close. Along the way, participants...

Enjoy a special bug hunt with a NOVA Parks Naturalist! Explore the park while looking under logs, searching the gardens, and more to find creepy crawly friends. Learn what makes these critters unique and why they’re so important. Along the way...

Meet animals up-close this Spring during Animal Encounters! Learn about and interact with the wildlife that call Potomac Overlook home. Stop by the nature center between 1:30-3:30pm, where a NOVA Parks Roving Naturalist and critters look forward to...

Spring is here, and the egg hunt is back! Hop on over to Potomac Overlook between 10:30am-4pm through April 5 and experience a new kind of egg hunt for you and your family! Pick up an egg hunt sheet at the Nature Center, explore the park on a...

On the first Saturday of the month through November, visitors can enjoy story time on the Carlyle House front lawn and participate in crafts and other activities that relate to the theme of the month. May’s Family Fun Day will feature Beautiful Bees...

Be an early bird and join us for a fabulous show of migrating warblers, a family of small insect-eating birds that often display striking plumage! While some warblers stay here for the warm season to breed, most of these birds only use our forests as a pit stop between their breeding grounds further north and their wintering grounds in Central and South America. September is the peak month for fall migration, while May is the peak month for spring migration. Learn the stories of these lightning fast little beauties, and where they explore when they're not passing through. $7, ages 7+

Join us as we work to keep our park healthy and beautiful! Assist with invasive plant removal, habitat restoration, and other projects as needed.

Experience the magic and wonder of the Bluebell Trail in its full glory! Take a relaxing stroll on Bull Run Regional Park's most famous trail while being enveloped by a sea of blue. Learn about spring ephemeral plants such as the Virginia Bluebell and why these fleeting flowers bloom for such a short time. $5, Ages 8+

Join Roving Naturalist and wildlife photographer Matt Felperin at Bull Run Regional Park to experience and capture the magic of the Virginia Bluebells! At this nature photography workshop, learn how to take stunning photos of this mystical landscape as well as close ups of the fleeting flowers themselves. $15, Ages 12+