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Parks 2017: Arlington

Potomac Overlook Regional Park: A park for all seasons

Potomac Overlook Regional Park is 68 acres in the middle of Arlington located at 2845 N. Marcey Road. It is part of the NOVA park system. Potomac Overlook offers year-round activities as well as two miles of hiking trails with access to the Potomac River, an interactive Energerium Center, and an organic urban garden in cooperation with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia. It also offers summer camps and special programs for tots and older children as well as monthly summer concerts.

Potomac Overlook Regional Park is 68 acres in the middle of Arlington located at 2845 N. Marcey Road. It is part of the NOVA park system. Potomac Overlook offers year-round activities as well as two miles of hiking trails with access to the Potomac River, an interactive Energerium Center, and an organic urban garden in cooperation with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia. It also offers summer camps and special programs for tots and older children as well as monthly summer concerts. Photo by Shirley Ruhe.

Monday, August 21, 2017

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Santa’s granddaughter, 6-year-old Lily stops in to visit Santa last December at Potomac Overlook Regional Park on his trip to Arlington from the North Pole on Sunday Dec. 11. Lily gives Santa a big hug as she tells him that she wants Pokemon cards and a Barbie.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

Christopher and Colin Campbell concentrate on scooping up lightning-fast tadpoles in a vernal pond on a 98-degree summer day at Potomac Overlook. Park Naturalist Emily Rarity is teaching a class on exploring vernal ponds. Potomac Overlook Regional Park is 68 acres in the middle of Arlington located at 2845 N. Marcey Road. The park offers year-round activities, two miles of hiking trails with access to the Potomac River, an interactive Energeriuim Center, an organic urban garden, summer camps and special programs for tots and older children as well as monthly summer concerts.

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Photo by Shirley Ruhe

This is the first time at Potomac Overlook for Jerry Hsieh and Li Shin Chen who watch a nearly 2.5 meter non-poisonous Bullsnake slither up to the glass and around his cage in the Energerium. This is one of the displays located in the James I. Mayer Center for Environment Education.

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