Fun & Healthy [Outdoors] To Go During the Pandemic /July 17, 2020 by Admin

According to Taxes Medical Association’s COVID19 risk level chart, going outdoors is pretty low risk: Going camping is level 2, and taking walk with others is risk level 3.

Therefore, here is a list of amazing outdoors spaces recommended for you to explore this summer.

Washington DC

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Garden, NW Washington, DC

National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. NW Washington, DC

U.S. National Arboretum, NE Washington, DC

Maryland

Brookside Garden, Wheaton, MD

McKee-Beshers Sunflower Fields, Poolesville, MD

Lavender Farms, MD

Glenstone Museum, Potomac, MD

Virginia

Great Falls Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Burk Lake Park, Fairfax, VA

Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Vienna, VA

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna, VA

An economic bonus of being healthy outdoors

Moreover, according to the study conduct by Kathleen L Wolf, Ph.D, accessing nearby nature is not only good for our mental restoration, but also a good investment for public health. Having quality, well-managed green spaces in our communities will result in annual saving up to $11.7 billion in avoidance health care costs and annual increases of up to $1.3 Billion in high school graduates’ lifelong earnings.