Takoma Park, MD Outdoor Activities
Outdoor Activity Deals
Bike and Roll DC
- Multiple Locations
Cyclists zip around city monuments and explore bike trails on Trek 24-speed bicycles with included map, lock, and helmet
Potomac Paddlesports
- Friendship Heights
Students sample kayak disciplines & stand up paddleboarding; includes dinner & round-trip transport from Friendship Heights Metro to Potomac
CapitolCity DC Tours and Events, LLC
- Woodley Park
Licensed guides traverse storied DC environs on 2- to 3-hour walking tours that illuminate landmarks; 2 options include meal at tour's end
Capitol River Cruises
- Georgetown
Tour boats stocked with refreshments cruise Potomac waters as narrator points out Roosevelt Island, Curtis-Lee Mansion & other landmarks
Jerusalem D.C. Tour and Transportation
- Logan Circle - Shaw
Ride through DC’s historic neighborhoods, past iconic monuments & memorials during guided van tours with stops held during day or night
Washington Nationals
- Nationals Park
After a breakthrough season in 2012, the defending NL East champion charges through the summer with 1 of the league's best pitching staffs.
DC Cruises
- Georgetown
One-hour evening cruise takes passengers past landmarks such as the Jefferson Memorial and the Kennedy Center
PhotoTour DC
- H Street - NoMa
A professional photographer leads guests on a walking tour of DC, pointing out memorable sights and imparting photography tips
Harlem Globetrotters
- Multiple Locations
Harlem Globetrotters players coach kids of all skill levels on basketball fundamentals, drills, and off-the-court character development
Boomerang Boat Cruises
- Georgetown
Two-hour cruises aboard a pirate ship provide views of the Potomac along with drinks and dancing
Gray Line DC, Martz Group
- H Street - NoMa
Three-hour tour by motorcoach passes by national monuments and federal buildings, including the US Capitol and the World War II Memorial
Clay Hill Stables
- Springdale
British Horse Society–certified instructor helms riding school that promotes mastery of technique and understanding of horsemanship
Scout Photo Expeditions
- Washington D.C.
Photographer Cindi Hobgood leads iPhone-wielding students on a photo walk and puts together a slideshow of the best pictures
Reddemeade Farm
- Silver Spring
Riders learn to ride in the English style from instructors trained in accordance with the standards of the British Horse Society
Valley Mill Kayak School
- Germantown
Certified guides lead kayakers down the Potomac River and paddleboarders around Valley Mill Camp Lake in recreational tours or group lessons
TennisTopia
- Central Rockville
Rackets and other tennis gear from brands such as Wilson and Slazenger from well-stocked tennis and golf shop founded in 1975
Lanham Skating Center
- Lanham
Retro roller skates twirl duos around a smooth indoor rink
Chariots for Hire Tours
- Federal Triangle
Expert tour guides narrate history-packed route including Pentagon, Lincoln Memorial, Tomb of Unknown Soldier & Iwo Jima Memorial
Fencing Sports Academy
- Fairfax
Fencing lesson includes expert instruction & insights into technique along with blunt-tipped sword, protective mask & other equipment
Recommended Outdoor Activities by Groupon Customers
At Sumner Fitness, a Titleist-certified instructor obtains a player's golf history and identifies swing problems using physical screening, golf biomechanics, and human eyes. With a golf dossier in hand, the links expert will create a program tailored to your needs and follow up your on-site evaluation with an email containing customized results to help enhance golf performance. By combining physical workouts with an improved technique, both weekend swingers and pros can maximize distance and accuracy.
Clubgolf Performance Center members receive unlimited access to the indoor facility's myriad game-improving services. Observe, critique, and apply subtitles to your swing with video analysis and exchange golfer trading cards with experienced, PGA-certified club-wielders on the 1,200-square-foot putting green. During a professional diagnostic, Clubgolf's instructors will analyze and evaluate each knee bend and balance shift of your game, then prescribe a training regimen to help ensure better dimpled-ball smacking. Members can also attend complimentary golf classes, choosing from more than 15 courses offered each week, and golf-specific fitness programs, such as tee-lifting and knickerbocker-modeling practice.
Montgomery Village Golf Club's Edmund Ault–designed course sprawls across 6,726 yards of emerald corridors cleaved through the arboreal heart of Montgomery County. Fresh off recent refurbishments that include new tee boxes and switching to a bermuda hybrid grass, management continues to improve on a course that has hosted multiple PGA-sanctioned events and royal grass-grazing parties for traveling goat monarchs. Fairways tunnel through unforgiving tree lines as golfers swing their way toward each green, where fast surfaces form breaking putts. Alongside the pristine par 71, the club's grass-tee driving range, putting green, and full-service pro shop help streamline clubbers' birdie-hunting skills, and the Willow Tree Inn's restaurant and grill keeps players from dining on freshly torn divots with an all-day menu of entrees and drinks.
Course at a Glance:
- Designed by Edmund Ault
- 18-hole, par 71 course
- Length of 6,726 yards from the farthest tees
- Course rating of 72.6 from the farthest tees
- Slope rating of 126 from the farthest tees
Beyond providing an opportunity for friendly competition and social interaction throughout the DC area, the organizers of Capital Bocce League only have one mission: help players have fun. During each season, teams of up to 12 players compete in lighthearted bouts of the classic Italian game, which unlike other sports, requires little to no experience, physical exertion, or physics PhDs to master. After each game, teams can head to local bars for exclusive drink specials, and a variety of prizes await the victor of each season's playoffs.
Cardio Tennis fulfills the shameless dream inside all tennis pros and amateurs: furiously smashing hundreds of balls in a row while cranking powerful, grunt-inspiring music. Over the course of an hour, you and your cardio-mates will undergo the rigors of various fast-paced drills. While some technical tennis instruction may occur, the primary focus is placed on the aerobic movement and discovering the uninhibited side of tennis. The friendly instructors at Georgetown Prep will keep class-goers motivated throughout the hour, helping to burn calories, increase endurance, and improve ability to smash things.
It’s fitting that Brian Nosler’s hobbies include both golf and fly fishing. Both sports require concentration, appreciation for the outdoors, and a fluid backstroke to hit a specific target. But when he’s not intentionally wading in streams, the 2009 Oregon PGA champion does his best to avoid water at all costs. During professional golf-instruction sessions, Nosler guides students with a simple approach to swing fundamentals, teaching both full-swing mechanics and short-game techniques—his personal specialty. In addition to helping students master the art of reading greens' dense instruction manuals, Nosler provides club-repair services and personal club-fitting sessions.
