BUCKET LIST
WINTER
SPRING
p Take a picture with your Valentine in front
of the “Cuddle Up” sign at Glen Echo Park
p Bundle up and go to the Garden of Lights at
Brookside Gardens
p Catch a quick concert at the Washington, D.C.
Temple during their Festival of Lights
p Stay warm in your car and take a 3.5
mile drive through the Winter Lights
Festival at beautiful Little Seneca Creek
State Park
p Enjoy a tree lighting celebration in Downtown
Silver Spring, the RIO Washingtonian Center,
Rockville Town Square or Bethesda Row
p Grab your friends and go ice skating in
Downtown Silver Spring or Rockville
Town Square.
p Take part in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade
SUMMER
FALL
p Check out the Antique and Classic car
show in Rockville
p Conquer your fears at the Field of
Screams in Olney
p Pick your own pumpkin at the Pumpkin
Festival at Butler’s Orchard
p Drink some beer at the Oktoberfest
celebration in Kentlands
p Enjoy the scenery as you rock climb a
trail at Sugarloaf Mountain
p Listen to live jazz at the Silver Spring
Jazz Festival
p Take the kids to the new carousel at the
RIO Washingtonian Center
p Go for a scenic drive in the 93,000 acre
Agricultural Reserve
p Start your summer off with the Memorial
Day Parade and festivities in Rockville
during the Hometown Holidays celebration
p Grab your pup and head to Strut Your
Mutt in Bethesda
p Watch new documentary films at AFI Docs
Film Festival
p Satisfy your taste buds at the Taste
of Wheaton
p Go fishing at Little Seneca Creek State Park
p Enjoy the outdoors and ride a bike along
the C&O Canal
p Take a historical tour during Heritage Days
p Rock out to a free concert on a Friday night
in Rockville Town Square
p Cool off at one of Montgomery County’s
public swimming pools or at Splash
Playground in Germantown.
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at the RIO Washingtonian Center
p Embrace your inner photographer at
Brookside Gardens
p Take a ride on the carousel at
Glen Echo Park
p Hop on the metro and head down to
Washington, D.C. for the Cherry Blossom
Festival in April
p Buy unique hand crafted jewelry at the
Sugarloaf Craft Festival
p Enjoy bowling with your friends and family
at Bowlmor Lanes in Rockville or Bethesda
p Rent a paddle boat at the RIO Washingtonian
Center lake front