Autumn Leaves Hike and Craft

Sat · Oct 31·7 PM – 8:30 PM·Riverbend Park Location, 8700 Potomac Hills St., Great Falls, VA 22066

Guided hike on Follow the Hollows trail spotlights bats, toads, salamanders, spiders and owls, ending with a fire and s’mores at Riverbend Park.

Sat · Oct 31·Great Falls Library

Immersive reading experience at Great Falls Library offers Bright Red Fruit copies, themed gifts, and recipe read-alikes for ages 13–18.

Sat · Oct 31·11 AM – 4 PM·Colvin Run Mill Location, 10017 Colvin Run Road, Great Falls, VA 22066

Make cider with a press at Colvin Run Mill, bringing up to eight people, 100 apples and containers for two gallons, pressing and carrying fruit, for all ages.

Sat · Oct 31·Oakton Library — Oakton Conference Room, Oakton Meeting Room 1, Oakton Meeting Room 2

Halloween bingo sessions, games, crafts and other activities fill Oakton Library’s conference and meeting rooms, with costumes encouraged, ages 10 and under and 13 and up.

Fri · Oct 30·7 PM – 8 PM·Riverbend Park Location, 8700 Potomac Hills St., Great Falls, VA 22066

Bat Walk at the Bend (Riverbend Park) — Educational scavenger hunt through woods about bats, ending with a handcrafted bat decoration, ages 5 and up.

Fri · Oct 30·12 PM – 5 PM·Riverbend Park Location, 8700 Potomac Hills St., Great Falls, VA 22066

Family Fun Fridays at Riverbend Park’s Nature Center offers books, crafts, games, microscope exploration, puzzles, sandbox digging, and hourly naturalist read‑alouds, all ages.

Wed · Oct 28·12 PM – 5 PM·Laurel Hill Golf Club Location, 8701 Laurel Crest Drive, Lorton, VA 22079

Personalized club and ball recommendations at Laurel Hill Golf Club, with a $100 fitting fee credited toward purchase; appointments required.

Wed · Oct 28·1 PM – 3 PM·Huntley Meadows Location, 3701 Lockheed Blvd., Alexandria, VA

Grind corn, shape clay pots, craft corn darts, and tour Huntley Meadows through a Virginia Indian perspective.

Wed · Oct 28·5:30 PM – 6:30 PM·Hidden Pond Nature Center Location, 8511 Greeley Blvd., Springfield, VA 22152

Night at the Nature Center (Hidden Pond Nature Center) — Explore nocturnal wildlife after dark, discovering adaptations for hunting as the park transforms, for ages 3 and up.