Keeping busy during a pandemic

Here are places that we have been going to or plan to go to during the pandemic. If it is more than a trail, I recommend calling ahead first to see if they have space limits, bathroom options, etc.... I hope this helps.

Places to go:

• Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary
• Woodlawn Manor Cultural Center (Underground Railroad Trail)
• Matthew Henson Trail
• Northwest Branch Trail
• Billy Goat Trail
• Pine Lake
• Roosevelt Island
• Croydon Creek
• Cunningham Falls
• Calvert Cliffs
• Sandy Point Beach
• Greenbrier State park
• Shenandoah State Park
• Sligo Creek (walking path)
• Kilgore Falls
• Sugarloaf Mountains
• Luray Caverns
• Fairland Recreational Park
• Centennial Lake (nice lake to walk on a paved path)
• Green Meadows Farm (petting zoo) (big open place, not a lot of people when we went, but people also didn't necessarily keep 6 feet away and not everyone was wearing masks)
• Go Kart Track (Bladensburg)
• Foot Golf at Sligo Creek Golf Course (must make a reservation and bring your own soccer ball)
• Rocky Gorge (batting cages, mini golf, and driving range)
• Lake Needwood (Boating) 
• Vertical Rock (indoor rock climbing)
• Sandy Spring Adventure Park (ropes course)
• Larriland Farm and Butler's Orchard (fruit picking)
• Capital SUP (stand up paddleboarding)
• Drive-in movie theater (there are a few in the area)

Fun Activities:

• Geocaching (there is an app, but start by looking on geocaching.com and watching the video).
• Dance Party
• Write letters to athletes, politicians, actors, musicians, artists, etc. (I suggest reading an article first on TTM (through the mail) autograph seeking. https://www.beckett.com/news/mail-call-how-to-get-started-collecting-autographs-through-the-mail/
• Draw (lots of great you tube tutorials), paint, sculpt, etc...
• Play sports in the yard or at a local field
• Pick up an instrument
• Water play in the yard (water balloons, sprinkler, slip n' slide, etc...)
• lots of good yard games like corn hole, ladder toss, travel ping pong (we've been using the dining room table), horseshoes, bocce, etc.
• Don't forget the classics like sidewalk chalk, bubbles, playing in the rain, catching fireflies, etc...
• As a child in the late 80's/early 90's, I taught my kids how to make a paper football, and we have been playing a lot of this game.
• Bike riding, fishing, boating
• Reading books
• Car wash
• virtual museum tours
• lots of free coding, video game making, and animation videos
• hackeysack, hoola hoop, jump rope
• board games, puzzles, diamond art, tie dye, knitting, crocheting, 
• baking/cooking
• Let each kid have a week of planning meals (takes the pressure off of you, keeps them busy, and gives them some control in an uncontrollable time)
• play in a local stream