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- a former trash dump that now offers the city's highest elevation (perfect for kite flying) plus a gigantic, nautical-themed wooden playground...
- a park featuring a disc course for Frisbee golf players (plus a really unique playground for the kids), to...
- the most remote park in Virginia.
Back Bay Wildlife Refuge
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| Back Bay Wildlife Refuge. Charlie Smith © 2007 |
What has nearly 8,000 acres of marshes, sand dunes, beaches, and ponds? What is home to 300 species of birds, deer, mink, and other creatures? Back Bay Wildlife Refuge.
To find out why Back Bay is a perfect place to stop, recharge, and get away from it all, click here.
False Cape State Park
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| Photo by Liz Paton © 2006 |
Mount Trashmore
Build the new park on a heap of trash? R-i-g-h-t...
In the beginning, the locals thought it was a joke. Now the joke's on them. Despite it's hokey name, Mount Trashmore is a paragon of waste management. Why can't they do this with all dumps?
What used to be 750,000 tons of trash has been transformed into one of the top Virginia Beach parks. Topped by its 68-foot summit (the highest point in the city, proudly flaunting "Mount Trashmore" on its grass-covered flank) this park has everything.
Fly a kite or launch your model airplane from its summit. Feed the ducks and geese. Stroll on over to Kids Cove, a huge wooden playground featuring mazes, bridges, ramps and slides. The perfect place to play pirate!
One caveat: this park is so popular it can get crowded! Still, where else can your kids boast "I played in a dump!"
Open 7:30 am to sunset. Location: 310 Edwin Dr. - Virginia Beach - 757-473-5237.
Bayville Farms Park
Why should the kids have all the fun?
Yes, you...um...they...will be thrilled to burn off that excess energy conquering the innovative playground's swinging tires and climbing towers at one of the most innovative Virginia Beach Parks.
But let's face it: adults, this park is for you too! Now's your chance to burn off your own calories and aggression at the city's only disc course for Frisbee golf. (Actually, we hear its one of the toughest courses in the country.)
What is Frisbee golf? Just how it sounds. Substitute a frisbee for a golf ball and a flick of the wrist for the 5 iron. Just what the doctor ordered.
Open sunrise to sunset. Location: First Court Road - Virginia Beach - 757-460-7569.
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