Take your sweet time at Frying Pan Park

Best time to go: 08/01 - 11/15

Pre-registration is highly recommended

Frying Pan Park is an exhibition farm in Fairfax County, VA. Although it is best known as the location of the annual 4-H Fair in mid-summer, there’s plenty to do year-round.

The old red barn greets visitors as they enter Frying Pan Park

The antique carousel and live animals are both a short walk from the parking lot. We always enjoy peeping in the henhouse, and the peacock cage just beyond.

A chicken demonstrates an almost presidential level of thoughtfulness at Frying Pan Park, near Washington, DC

A peacock struts in the Frying Pan Park barnyard.

The toy tractors at Frying Pan Park are a big attraction for kids.

Further on, you’ll find large fields with extremely relaxed horses. On a recent trip, one let fly a leisurely fart about a foot from my son’s face, a moment that no one in our family will ever forget.