 
Skate Rinks around Washington DCIf it's raining or snowing, but you still have a hankering to skate, try a skating rink. Rinks offer music, a flat surface, and a variety of skating. They are also good places to take newbies and friends since they are flat and generally offer rental skates, munchies, music, etc. It's a great environment to learn skating balance, mauuevering, etc with a relatively painless falling surface. Terrain Parks are great provide the opposite end of the spectrum. Given the balance and maneuverability required to do this, only the best skaters survive to become terrain junkies. Kool tricks Ahead! Warning: in either case beware of little kids. Expect to pay around $5-10 for cover and rental skates. | |
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D'Light Skate N Palace (Temple Hills Md.) |
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Thomas Jefferson Community Center (Arlington, VA) |
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Wheels Skating Center 1200 Odenton Road, Odenton, Maryland (410) 674-9661 A new skating rink in Odenton, MD offering indoor speed training. They rent inline and quad skates and also allow you to bring your own. Wednesday Adult Skate 18+ 7:30 till 10:30 pm Friday Tween's Nite Out 8 till 11 pm Saturday and Sunday afternoon - 2 till 5 pm Saturday morning - Kid's Fun Time - 10 am till Noon Saturday evening - 8 till 11 pm http://www.wheelsrsc.com
Indoor speedskating at this rink with Capital Racing |
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Skate Zone (Crofton, MD) |
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Anacostia Park Skating Pavilion,
Anacostia Drive S.E. Anacostia Park,
Washington, D.C. 20019 |
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SkateNFunZone |
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The Kettler Capitals Iceplex (Arlignton, VA) |
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The Gardens Ice House (Laurel, MD) A huge multiple-rink skating Center for racing, having fun, hockey, etc. There are several open sessions including a Saturday night session with lights and a DJ. There are a variety of amenities including a rink-side cafe. http://www.thegardensicehouse.com/ |
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Sculpture Garden Ice Skating (downtown Washington DC) If the roads are snowy or wet, you can still go skating at this lovely spot not too far from our normal downtown meeting spot. The Sculpture Garden offers ice skating with views of art sculptures set in landscaped gardens. In the spring, the ice rink becomes a fountain. Enjoy the rental skates and a rink-side cafe. It is located at 9th and Constitution with free street parking. |
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The Ashburn Ice House (Ashburn, VA) A new facility that has two full sized skating rinks. They have public evening skating on Wed nights and Fridays, and pickup hockey on Friday and Saturday nights. |
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Farifax Ice Arena
3779 Pickett Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22031 |
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C&O Canal Ice Skating (NW Washington, DC) Sometimes during a very cold winter, the National Park Service allows ice skating on the C&O canal when the ice is a minimum of 3" (80mm) thick. You might actually get to do some rare outdoor skating on natural ice. No rentals or other rink-like facilities. It's just ice!
The National Park Service has a hotline with a recorded message
saying what sections are considered skateable and such.
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Rockville Skate Park (Rockville, MD) A public skating rink Rockville designed for skaters by skaters. BYO wheels, Safety equipment mandatory (and available for rent.) Welsh Park, behind the Rockville Swim Center 355 Martins Lane Rockville, MD Phone: (301) 545-5656 |
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Gaithersburg Skate Park (Gaithersburg, MD) A public skating rink designed by the city of Gaithersburg to keep local skaters away from commercial property. BYO wheels, Safety equipment mandatory (and available for rent.) Bohrer Park 506 N. Frederick Ave. Gaithersburg, MD Phone: (301) 258-6350 |
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The Skatepark at Powhatan Springs |
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