About ActivityPlaces

Kid-friendly and grown-up things to do near you, rated from chill to extreme. Free to use and built on OpenStreetMap.

What you can rely on

• Every place is a real, mapped place. Names, locations, addresses, hours and websites come from OpenStreetMap, the open map of the world. Each place page links to the exact OpenStreetMap record it came from.
• We do not invent facts. If OpenStreetMap has no hours or description for a place, the page simply leaves it out.
• Every page shows its date. You can see when a place was last checked against the source.
• No ads, no paid placement. Order is decided by a public formula: the kind of activity, plus how complete and well-documented the place is.

How the adrenaline scale works

1. 1 · Chill Sit back, stroll, take it in.
2. 2 · Easy Light, playful, good for all ages.
3. 3 · Active Get moving and break a sweat.
4. 4 · Thrill Heart-pumping. Some nerve required.
5. 5 · Extreme Maximum rush. Not for the faint-hearted.

The level and the audience (made for kids, all ages, adults) are our editorial rating for the type of activity: a climbing gym is a 4, a playground a 2, a winery a 1 for adults. Some places are then reviewed by hand. It is a guide for picking a kind of day out, not a safety assessment. Always check age, height and health rules with the venue.

Data sources and license

Place data is © OpenStreetMap contributors and is available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. Maps are drawn with OpenFreeMap and MapLibre. If you reuse our place data, credit OpenStreetMap the same way.

How fresh is it?

• Washington, DC: 958 places, refreshed Nov 13, 2026 from OpenStreetMap data as of Nov 12, 2026.
• Maryland: 6,202 places, refreshed Nov 13, 2026 from OpenStreetMap data as of Nov 12, 2026.
• Northern Virginia: 2,065 places, refreshed Nov 13, 2026 from OpenStreetMap data as of Nov 12, 2026.

Corrections

Found something wrong? The fastest fix is at the source: every place page has an “Fix it on OpenStreetMap” link, and corrections flow here on the next refresh.

Privacy

• No accounts, no advertising, no tracking pixels.
• Group plans store the plan name, the display names people type, and votes. One cookie remembers that you joined a plan. Plans delete themselves 120 days after the last activity, and the organizer can delete one at any time.
• “Near me” uses your location only in your browser to sort the list. It is never sent to us.

Citing ActivityPlaces

Link to the page you used, for example https://www.activityplaces.com/explore/northern-virginia or a place page, and mention the “data checked” date shown on it. Each place page has a ready-made citation line.