Sports and Recreation at Your Fingertips (washingtonpost.com)

Springfield Youth Club

Community Centers

Marshall Community Center

Full-court gymnasium for basketball and volleyball, an auditorium with 12-by-24-foot projection screen and seating for 220, meeting rooms, a dance studio, pottery studio and a kitchen.

Vint Hill Village Green Community Center

Gym, two racquetball courts, fitness studio and lounge/game room. Outdoor facilities include three baseball/softball fields, lighted soccer/football field, lighted basketball court, two lighted tennis courts, handball wall, picnic shelter and playground. Fees vary.

Warrenton Community Center

Recreation center includes a multipurpose room and meeting room, both of which can be rented, and an outdoor playground.

Fauquier County Parks

Fauquier County Parks and Recreation Department

Academy Hill Park

Football and soccer field, baseball and softball field.

C.M. Crockett Park

Picnic tables, grills, playgrounds, amphitheater, volleyball court, commemorative grove, horseshoe pits, disc golf, nature trails, orienteering course, multipurpose field, ropes course and boat rentals, launch and fishing pier at Germantown Lake. Entrance fee for non-Fauquier vehicles.

John Marshall Birthplace Park

Picnic area with tables and grills at the head of a hiking trail that meanders along a stream to a monument to former Chief Justice John Marshall.

Lake Brittle

A fishing lake is open to the public seven days a week, 24 hours a day, but boating and fishing are permitted only between sunrise and sunset. Boat rentals and concessions close from mid-October to mid-March.

Monroe Park

Rady Park Shelter

Playground, volleyball court, football and soccer field, baseball and softball field, picnic shelter (limited to 60 people), horseshoe pit, paved trail for bike riding, rollerblading or jogging, and memorial trees and shrubs.

Upperville Park

Picnic tables and baseball and softball field.

Vint Hill Farm Park

Wooded 11-acre park with two volleyball courts, picnic tables, grills, nature and hiking trails and horseshoe pits.

Warrenton Branch Greenway

Walking and biking trail along the old Warrenton Branch Spur line, stretching 1.48 miles from the rail yard trail head behind the Depot Restaurant in downtown Warrenton to the Old Meetz trail head on the cul-de-sac at old Meetze Road, adjacent to Warrenton Mini Storage. Park and plaza area with a railroad theme behind the Depot Restaurant.

Field Events Center

Great Meadow

A 200-acre field events center and steeplechase course. Home to the Virginia Gold Cup Races in May, twilight polo in the summer and the International Gold Cup in October.

Public Golf Courses

Game Improvement Center

Kastle Greens Golf Club

Family owned and operated 18-hole, par-72 course.

Public Swimming Pools

FAST Aquatics Center

Fauquier County's only year-round indoor pool offers Red Cross swimming lessons, swim teams, water aerobics, lifeguard training, scuba lessons and kayak training.

Larry Weeks Community Pools at Vint Hill

Open Memorial Day to Labor Day, this L-shaped family pool is 25 meters long with a water depth of 2-6 feet. There is an ADA-accessible ramp that enters the water and a 25-meter lap lane. A separate pool is available for children up to 42 inches tall. The children’s pool has a maximum depth of 2 feet, and there is a misting mushroom, a squirt turtle, fountains and a frog slide.

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area

A 4,539-acre wildlife area, mostly in southern Fauquier County, with opportunities for hunting deer, turkey, small game such as doves, rabbits, quail and squirrels, and several species of ducks. A public sighting-in range off Rogers Ford Road is open Tuesdays through Sundays, Sept. 1-March 31. Fishing is available in a three-acre pond and a six- to seven-mile stretch of the Rappahannock River, a state scenic river also popular for canoeing. A parking area and ramp for small boats and canoes are on the Culpeper side of the Rappahannock at Kelley’s Ford. The area also offers wildlife viewing, hiking and sporting dog trails.

Virginia State Parks

Sky Meadows State Park

The 1,132-acre park built on land donated by Paul Mellon in Fauquier and Clark counties features an equestrian staging and bridle trail area, access to the Appalachian Trail, a primitive hike-in campground, a one-acre fishing pond, interpretive programs and a visitors center in the historic Mount Bleak House. Fees for parking and admission.

Whitney State Forest

The 147.5-acre forest offers hiking, biking and jogging trails, several bridle trails and 20-year-old loblolly and slash pine groves.

Warrenton Parks

Eva Walker Memorial Park

Basketball court, picnic shelter and playground.

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