Old Mine Ranch

I’ve been here once with my son! This petting zoo has a variety of animals such as ponies, goats, etc for children to interact with. There is a tour children can take on a trailer pulled by a tractor. The cost is not to bad, if you live on the eastern side of Northern Virginia, its much more convenient coming here than traveling nearly 1 hour to the Reston petting zoo, and paying a lot more money. Although I’ve seen better, the children were satisfied and that’s all that really mattered to me.

This place was worth the money and then some. We went for the first time this Saturday. I didn’t know what to expect. But the kids had a blast. As soon as we got there, they received feed for the goats. Lots of goats from the cute baby goats, obnoxious teenager goats, to the sad eyed mommy goats. All of them trying to get our attention. Too adorable. They have rabbits, lamas, sheep, horses (ponies, mini, and regular), pigs, geese, ducks, rooster, chickens, and quails. The kids got to ride a nice size russet color pony named Riley. They also rode on a mini train ride and a hay ride. There was a big slide moon bouncer (a little dirty, but it is outside on a ranch). The place has a western ranch theme and the kids loved the hand washing station. There is a huge open field with a playground area that includes toys, kids club house, bikes, sand pit, etc. 2 hours went by so fast, the kids didn’t want to leave.
Parents can do everything except ride the pony. We are definitely going back and including this place in our monthly activities cycle.