Forty-five paved miles of trail, ninety-five acres of botanical garden, a national park built for performances, and the shopping that runs from Maple Avenue to Tysons — every venue here checked as trading in August 2026.
The community guide to Vienna covers what an owner may build here. This one covers what is already built and open to you. Every venue below was checked in August 2026 against its own site or its operating agency, and anything found closed is named as closed rather than quietly dropped. Acreages and mileages come from the agency that manages the land; distances are approximate, measured from the Maple Avenue and Church Street crossing.
The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park is 45 paved miles from Shirlington to Purcellville, and as of August 2026 NOVA Parks posts one schedule across the whole length: 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., daily, year-round. Two lots serve Vienna — Vienna East, the Vienna Community Center parking area reached from Park Street, and Vienna West, near the old train station on Ayr Hill Road. A separate gravel horse trail runs beside the pavement for 32 miles, which is why you pass riders as well as cyclists. The stretch through town does the work a main street does elsewhere: it crosses Maple Avenue at a signal, runs past the depot and the caboose, and puts the shops within a walk instead of a drive. Southwest of town it meets the Gerry Connolly Cross County Trail — 40.5 miles of paved, crushed-gravel and natural-surface path running the length of Fairfax County from Great Falls National Park to Occoquan Regional Park, following Difficult Run along its northern half.
Two of the region's larger destinations carry Vienna addresses. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, 9750 Meadowlark Gardens Court, is 95 acres run by NOVA Parks, about three miles up Beulah Road: Caroline Lake, the Korean Bell Garden, the glass-walled Atrium, paved accessible trails, and the Winter Walk of Lights from November into January. As of August 2026 it opens 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. April through October and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. otherwise, closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day; admission is $9 for ages 18 to 59 and $5 for ages 6 to 17 and 60-plus. Roughly four miles north, at 1551 Trap Road, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is the only national park dedicated to the performing arts — more than 100 acres with hiking trails and ranger programs, best walked October through April when nothing is staged. The Filene Center holds 7,028, about 3,800 under the roof and 3,200 on the lawn; The Barns seats 382. The 2026 season opened May 21 and closes September 19.
Nottoway Park, 9537 Courthouse Road, is the everyday workhorse: 84 acres under the Fairfax County Park Authority, with tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, a fitness trail, reservable picnic shelters and wooded nature paths. Hunter House stands on the grounds — a turn-of-the-century frame farmhouse, once home to John C. Hunter and a working winery from 1921 to 1940, now rentable for about 75 indoors or 150 with the formal lawn and a canopy. Inside the town line, Vienna runs its own smaller parks rather than leaning on the county: Northside, Southside, Yeonas, Glyndon, Meadow Lane and the Cedar Lane Center all appear on the town's official map. The town's individual park pages would not load in August 2026, so confirm facilities and acreage with Vienna Parks and Recreation rather than trusting a third-party listing.
Day-to-day retail runs along Maple Avenue. Whole Foods Market at 143 Maple Avenue East opens 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days. Maple Avenue Shopping Center at 311 Maple Avenue East is the surface-parked grocery centre, anchored by Giant with a CVS alongside; Vienna Plaza at 304 Maple Avenue West is smaller service retail. For anything larger, Maple Avenue is Route 123 and becomes Chain Bridge Road — roughly four to five miles northeast and you are in Tysons. Tysons Corner Center is anchored by Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and Macy's, with Apple, Lululemon and Primark in the directory and a 16-screen AMC in its own exterior building; hours as of August 2026 are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Tysons Galleria, 2001 International Drive, is the luxury side: Neiman Marcus is trading, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, alongside RH. One correction before you go — Saks Fifth Avenue closed its Galleria store at the end of May 2026 after 38 years, under Saks Global's bankruptcy restructuring, and its roughly 41,400 square feet had no announced replacement as of August 2026.
Westwood Country Club sits inside the town at 800 Maple Ave East — private, with a Gene Bates-designed championship 18 at par 71 and roughly 6,659 yards, a newly built racquets and fitness centre and a 50-metre heated pool. As of August 2026 the club reports a significant waitlist in both its Social and Golf categories and offers no seasonal or under-40 membership, which is the honest answer on how quickly you can join. Public golf comes from the Fairfax County Park Authority's seven courses — Oakmont Golf Center, Jefferson District, Twin Lakes, Pinecrest, Burke Lake, Greendale and Laurel Hill — open year-round, weather permitting. The Vienna Aquatic Club, 625 Marshall Road SW, is a membership pool running since 1962; its 2026 season closes September 7. For horses, the W&OD's 32-mile gravel path is the local ride, and Frying Pan Farm Park at 2709 West Ox Road, Herndon, rents a full-size indoor arena, two outdoor rings and a cross-country field, day passes $20 and annual $200 as of August 2026. Water means the Potomac: Riverbend Park, 8700 Potomac Hills Street, has the boat ramp and a visitor centre open Wednesday to Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., and Great Falls Park's 800 NPS acres sit roughly eleven miles northwest.
Dining is where guides go stale, so this list is short and each entry was checked against the venue itself. Clarity, 442 Maple Avenue East, serves 4:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with a main room, a chef's table and a covered patio; reservations on 703-539-8400. Evelyn Rose, 111 Church Street NW, is the contemporary American room that took that address in June 2024 and posts hours from 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. Caboose Brewing Company & Tavern, 520 Mill Street NE, brews on site and opens at 8 a.m. daily, to 9:30 p.m. most nights and 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Jammin' Java, 227 Maple Avenue East, is the town's music room, booking touring acts into 2027 and dark on Mondays. One name still in older guides: Bazin's on Church closed in April 2024 after 18 years, and its old web address now redirects elsewhere. Evelyn Rose is what took the space.
Openings, hours and tenants were confirmed as of August 2026. Businesses change — check before you make the trip.
More on the area in the Vienna guide, and on schools in schools serving Vienna.
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