Just across the Southwest D.C.-Maryland border is a 19th century farm preserved by the National Park Service. Every day, the park ranger opens the gate around 6:30 a.m. and closes it at 5 p.m. All are welcome to visit the farm free of charge. Here's why you should visit: 1) Museum: It's an interactive museum. As you walk the farm's campus, you'll read historical markers and go inside almost 200-year-old brick barns. You learn about the farm and the history it witnessed (like being attacked during the War of 1812 or watching Alexandria across the Potomac get captured by the British). 2) Farm: You can see horses, goats, chickens, hogs and cows on the farm. They offer some farm programming for kids like chicken feedings, tractor rides, etc. 3) Trails: Beyond the early 19th century farm house is a trail that leads to Oxon Cove and wooded trail with river views. Once at he cove, there are benches, views of Alexandria, picnic tables and a running trail that goes for miles. Oxon Hill Farm is a perfect adventure for the whole family, runners and history buffs.

The most peaceful place ✨the animals seem happy here All of the parents communicated to not touch or harass the animals, which was nice, particularly for the chickens. The chickens are out and about so it’s nice they don’t have to feel vulnerable around people. There are two trails here. They’re easy to follow with bright tree markings and there were kids on them, so they can’t be too serious. There were cows, horses, pigs, a rooster, chickens in the farm area, as well as vultures on the trail. There’s are two picnic areas, one has a grill. There’s a shop as well.

It's been about 20 years since I have been here. I spent a lot of time here working with my dad rehabilitating and transforming a few buildings there into what they are Today. My dad was a carpenter for the national park service. Rip pop. Covid has changed things ofcourse no activities involving groups. Beautiful place my kids loved it. Bathrooms are clean grounds taken care of decently. Plenty of Picnic area with grills.

It's a very calming and peaceful place. Just take your time and walk and enjoy nature. Animals are well taken care ofAnd seems very happy. It's one of my favorite place to go I simply love it. Employees are very informative and knowledgeable especially Ford. Awesome guy and he's doing a great job. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

This is a great little national park site. It was not listed in my book. I learned about it from a volunteer worker at Fort Washington. A lot of school kids from the Washington DC area are school bussed there. The rangers told me for many of them this was the first time to visit a national park or even a farm with chickens. Cows horses and hogs. The rangers were very nice and helpful to everyone.

Great farm for learning about farming history in the area. Sweet opportunity to connect with beautiful animals. 💚

I really like it! It's a good place to relax and enjoy nature and animals.

A small park featuring a small historic farm, walking trails, and a few picnic tables. The park has a number of signs discussing the history of the area, farm buildings, animals, equipment, and a nature trail to walk. The national park service is doing a good job keeping everything well maintained. I wouldn't recommend this place as a visitor with limited time in dc, but if you are local it is worth a visit.

Nice park to take the kids to see and feed the animals. Well maintained historic farm. Friendly and helpful park service staff. Plenty of parking, and according to the staff, hardly ever crowded. Tricky to find, but Google Maps will take you right there. Good for a one to two hour leisurely visit. Restrooms and water but no food. Quaint and picturesque.

Great picnic areas with tables and grills available. Recommend close toed shoes and plenty of water.

Oxon Hill has just about no accessible nature and simultaneously has a huge amount of low income and BIPOC residents. Oxon Cove Park is in Oxon Hill. It amazingly has trails and a lovely historic farm and the potential for beautiful sunsets. But it closes at 4:30 pm during the week, which means the only people who can access the park are those who are not at work or in school during the typical workday. This essentially cuts off access to the only natural area to the majority of residents in Oxon Hill. Instead people have to drive much farther distances for similar access. What a shame considering this is national park land, our land.

Beautiful but the trails are terribly labeled. I came here to hike with my dog. The farm portion of the park has a no dogs sign, which makes sense given the livestock. So my plan was to circumvent the park using the green trail line shown on Google maps, and follow it all the way down to the water and back up. Well, because nothing is clearly labeled, I ended up on a service road. Trying to get back onto the green trail, I turned off onto a gravel trail that ended up taking me all the way back up through the farm (where I wasn't supposed to go because I had my dog with me). It's just frustrating that I was trying to follow the park rules and be considerate of the farm, but a lack of clear trail signage not only cut my hike significantly short, but also meant I broke the rules anyways.

Great family outing. The staff was very engaging and the kids loved it. They are very upfront about the history of this farm which I appreciated seeing throughout the farm.

I loved visiting here--It was the best use of my lunch break I've had by far. It was beautiful in the nice weather and if I'm ever in the area again I'd go. Really nice walk, 100% free, and even a small gift center (I did not enter.) They have horses pigs cows chickens and more.

Nice, quiet place ... wish that they had somewhere to purchase cold beverages (on a hot day).

my son grew up on this wonderful farm! story time in the chicken pen, meet the newborn chicks, sit and look at all the wonder, have a picnic and even grill meat

Excellent little park especially for toddlers. My little one got to feed the chickens out of his hand.

Great local farm animals. Grandson loves to visit the animals to feed the chickens, goats, and horses. There are lots of areas to walk around. Nice building to look at info and do activities. Stop by when in Oxon Hill.

It's a national park and green space with no admission charge. In the parking lot, you hear the road noise from the highways. It's amazing that once I walked into the farm, the noise faded into the background. The farm has some animals (cows, chickens, horses, goats). There is historical significance to the location and the Park Service does a good job of telling the story of the owners and shining light on the stories of others whose lives were inextricably intertwined with the plantation. A fine place to visit but not a place I'm rushing back to visit again.

Please watch out for the gopher wholes because I stepped in one and broke my foot...but the farm itself is pretty awesome 😍

I've been coming here since I was a small child in the early 1790s. Back then everyone called it Children's Farm. Pretty quaint park. Take the kids. They'll have fun and learn stuff as well.

Great picnic areas. Beautiful views. Friendly helpful staff. Gentle animals to view (but no touching!). Interesting history. Rolling gravel trails are pretty easy. I want to come back here again and again.

First time visit today. We had the place to ourselves. The gentleman in the book store was very friendly and knowledgeable. Lots of wildlife, too. Groundhogs, raccoons and big turkeys! A great day, even with moody 12 year-olds😁

It's a nice scenic location of an old style farm. We saw cows, chickens and one horse but none of the other animals during our visit. This may have been because a severe weather storm was on the way. if you go to their website you can see what activities they have scheduled which may help your visit.

Great place to go as a family and learn of the history of this location as the owners were eye witness to the burning of Washington DC in the 1800s. Don’t forget to see the goat Aaron and Dominos the sheep.

Not sure what was up when we went on this Saturday morning in June but the only animals we could find were 4 cows in a pen and some chickens roaming the property. No other animals in their stalls nor fields, was pretty bizarre tbh. At least the kid got to run around some.