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Reston
is full of fun places to go and things to do.
Here are a just a few of the hidden treasures to consider
the next time you are out exploring your community...
Click
on the treasures below and look for the corresponding
number
on the map for locations.
Let your eyes feast on a bevy of spring
wildflowers along Buttermilk
Creek Trail. See Blood Root, Rue Anemone, Bluets,
Mayapple and a variety of violets.
Look for butterflies and wildflowers
in the Purple Beech
and Polo Club meadows.
Park and stroll to see wood ducks at Glade
Stream Valley Park.
View the wetlands at North
Hills Park and Sunrise
Valley Park.
Check out the Exertrail at Browns
Chapel Park a mile loop that meanders by Lake Newport.
The trail is frequented by Fairfax County firefighters
and police officers (look for the fire trucks in the
parking lot - you can't miss them).
Reston's first volleyball court off North Shore Drive,
near the Lake Anne Canal,
has an active volleyball game each Sunday morning.
See some of the best summer night hoop actionat Southgate
Basketball Courts, where Grant Hill perfected his
skills before heading to college and the NBA.
 Paddle
about historic Lake
Anne in a rented paddle boat or canoe, or launch
your boat at Lake Audubon and make it a day with fishing
and a picnic at the boat ramp.
Play on the day tennis courts, then meet friends in
the pavilion at North
Hills. These are the only public (for Reston residents)
clay courts on the East Coast!
Check out the large RA reforestation project at Polo
Club Village, the site where steeplechases and polo
matches were once held.
Follow the pathway off Twin
Branches Road to the old beaver site, where you'll
find an observation deck and sign explaining the beaver
habitat.
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