Name: Casual Friday Evening Stroll & Ice Cream in Fairfax Corner! (~3.0 miles)
Start: 2024-11-15T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-15T20:00:00-05:00

The fall weather is getting cooler but it's still pretty mild so let's end the work week with an evening neighborhood stroll from Fairfax Corner!

**Google Maps GPS Coordinates of Meeting Location: 38.858799898982085, -77.35651390742983**

We'll meet in the Fairfax Corner shopping center, in front of the entrance to the Cinemark Fairfax Corner movie theater, starting at 6:30 PM. We'll give everyone about 10 minutes to arrive, park and gather before doing some quick announcements and introductions and heading out on our way by 6:45 PM (earlier if everyone arrives and is ready to go). We'll walk behind the movie theater until we reach Random Hills Road, where we'll take a right. From there, we'll head down Random Hills Road for a little over a mile until we reach Ridge Top Road, where we'll turn right. After going down Ridge Top Road for a little way, we'll take a right at Government Center Parkway. We'll take Government Center Parkway for a little over a mile, passing the Wegman's grocery store, Carney Park and the gigantic Fairfax County Government Center complex (jokingly nicknamed the "Taj Mahal" when it opened in the early 1990s because of its massive size and scale LOL) before taking one more right on Monument Drive. From here, we'll take Monument Drive a short way until we arrive back at Fairfax Corner shopping center and our starting location. Altogether, the walk will be a loop route of just over 3.0 miles on slightly hilly, well-lit (the walk is after dark but there are bright streetlights throughout the walk), sneaker-friendly paved sidewalks and going an average pace of around 2.5 to 3.0 miles an hour while moving, we should be done by 8 PM, perhaps a bit earlier. For anyone interested, I'm planning on getting some ice cream at the Ben and Jerry's in the shopping center afterwards if you'd like to join me (4205 Fairfax Cor Ave E, Fairfax, VA 22030).

Administratively, parking is plentiful around the movie theater and shopping center. Restrooms are available before and after the walk inside the Potbelly's Sandwich Shop by the movie theater (they may ask you to purchase something to use the restroom) and there are also restrooms available at the Wegman's we'll pass by a little over halfway through the walk if needed. Friendly, leashed dogs are welcome (please bring doggy bags). If significant rain or thunderstorms come through, I'll cancel the walk by 5 PM the afternoon of the walk and let everyone know. As always, PLEASE be sure that you're comfortable covering the distance and conditions of the walk BEFORE signing up and please bring enough water to remain hydrated (legal liability release statement seen at the bottom of the page is digitally signed and agreed to when RSVPing to this event).

Looking forward to a nice, easy night-time walk under the lights and a little sweet treat to wrap up the week. See you then!

**External Links:**

[Home | Fairfax Corner](https://www.fairfaxcorner.com/)

[Fairfax County Government Center - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax_County_Government_Center)

[Ben & Jerry’s Fairfax Corner Ice Cream Shop Ice Cream Shop Menu | Fairfax, VA](https://www.benjerry.com/fairfaxcorner/menu)

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