{"id":679,"date":"2000-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.washingtonfamily.com\/2000\/01\/01\/area-sledding-hills\/"},"modified":"2000-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2000-01-01T00:00:00","slug":"area-sledding-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.washingtonfamily.com\/area-sledding-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Area Sledding Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember the feeling of anticipation as you sat, bundled, at the top of the hill, looking at the slope falling away in front of you? A deep breath for courage. A quick push. And you were flying. Racing down the hill, slipping, tumbling, in a flurry of snow. Then came the red-cheeked charge back to the top to take another wintry run down the sledding hill.<\/p>\n<p>Sledding is a wonderful, free, calorie burning, memory making winter day pastime. Our list below shares many places in the area to introduce your children sledding magic. If you know of a great sledding hill that isn&#8217;t on our list, please share it with us by sending an email to <a href=\"mailto:Resources@theFAMILYmagazine.com\">Resources@theFAMILYmagazine.com<\/a>. Please indicate your name, city and daytime phone number. We will add it to our list!<\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Happy Sledding!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><a href=\"#1\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">District of Columbia<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"#2\">Maryland<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\"><a href=\"#3\">Virginia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>District of Columbia<\/strong><\/span><a title=\"1\" name=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Banneker Recreation Center<\/p>\n<p>800 Euclid St., NW<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Battery Kemble Park<\/p>\n<p>Chain Bridge Rd. &amp; Macarthur Blvd., NW<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Edgewood Recreation Center<\/p>\n<p>Third and Evarts Streets, NE<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Fort Dupont Park<\/p>\n<p>Randle Circle, SE<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Fort Greble Recreation Center<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. &amp; Elmira Street, SW<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Fort Stevens Recreation Center<\/p>\n<p>1327 Van Buren St., NW<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Friendship Recreation Center<\/p>\n<p>45th &amp; Van Ness Streets, NW<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Kenilworth-Parkside Recreation Center<\/p>\n<p>4300 Anacostia Ave., NE<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Lafayette Recreation Center<\/p>\n<p>33rd &amp; Patterson Streets, NW<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Randall Recreation Center<\/p>\n<p>South Capitol &amp; I Streets, SW<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Rosewood Recreation Center<\/p>\n<p>17th &amp; Gales Streets, NE<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Maryland<\/strong><\/span><a title=\"2\" name=\"2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Birch Avenue<\/p>\n<p>(Montgomery County will close the street for sledding after heavy snowfalls)<\/p>\n<p>Takoma Park, MD<\/p>\n<p>Herrington Manor State Park<\/p>\n<p>222 Herrington Lane<\/p>\n<p>Oakland, MD<\/p>\n<p>Patterson Park<\/p>\n<p>27 South Patterson Park Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore, MD<\/p>\n<p>Pinecrest Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>201 Woodmoor Drive<\/p>\n<p>Silver Spring, MD<\/p>\n<p>Takoma Park Middle School<\/p>\n<p>7611 Piney Branch Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Silver Spring, MD<\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Virginia<\/strong><\/span><a title=\"3\" name=\"3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burke Lake Park<\/p>\n<p>7315 Ox Rd.<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax, VA<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Forest Park<\/p>\n<p>6121 Roxbury Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Springfield, VA<\/p>\n<p>George Washington Masonic Memorial<\/p>\n<p>101 Callahan Drive<\/p>\n<p>Alexandria, VA<\/p>\n<p>Greenway Heights Park<\/p>\n<p>8203 Riding Ridge Place<\/p>\n<p>Great Falls, VA<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson Manor Park<\/p>\n<p>2909 Farmington Drive<\/p>\n<p>Alexandria, VA<\/p>\n<p>Lake Fairfax Park<\/p>\n<p>Lake Fairfax Drive<\/p>\n<p>Reston, VA<\/p>\n<p>Marie Butler Preserve<\/p>\n<p>1501 Kirby Rd.<\/p>\n<p>McLean, VA<\/p>\n<p>Mason District Park<\/p>\n<p>6621 Columbia Pike<\/p>\n<p>Annandale, VA<\/p>\n<p>Nottoway Park<\/p>\n<p>9601 Courthouse Rd.<\/p>\n<p>Vienna, VA<\/p>\n<p>Westgate Park<\/p>\n<p>7550 Magarity Road<\/p>\n<p>McLean, VA<\/p>\n<p>Here are some <a title=\"sledding safety tips for moms dads and kids\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonfamily.com\/page\/Sledding-Safety-and-Frostbite-Tips\">safety tips<\/a> for your sledding adventure.\u00a0 Remember to be save.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>For more information on how to keep your kids active in the winter time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonfamily.com\/page\/Healthy-Kids-All-Winter-Long\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>For area Ice Rinks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonfamily.com\/page\/Ice-Skating-Rinks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For fun things to do each week in your inbox, <a title=\"Join Our Mailing List\" href=\"http:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin\/ea?v=001RpCZPV7rN6Tu0a80ZjFsGQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sign up here!<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">If you&#8217;re interested in advertising, <a title=\"Email Us\" href=\"mailto:sales@thefamilymagazine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">email us.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\">Connect or Share This Story:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 245px;\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember the feeling of anticipation as you sat, bundled, at the top of the hill, looking at the slope falling away in front of you? A deep breath for courage. A quick push. And you were flying. Racing down the hill, slipping, tumbling, in a flurry of snow. Then came the red-cheeked charge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,516],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Area Sledding Hills - Washington FAMILY Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonfamily.com\/area-sledding-hills\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Area Sledding Hills - Washington FAMILY Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you remember the feeling of anticipation as you sat, bundled, at the top of the hill, looking at the slope falling away in front of you? 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