Until mankind first stepped outside in 1934, nature was thought to be a fanciful myth, like yogurt or the clutch hitter. Spend a few hours frolicking through the fresh air of truth with today's Groupon to the Cox Farms Fall Festival. Choose from the following options:

• $7 for a one-day weekend admission on September 25 or 26 (a $15 value)
• $4 for a one-day weekday admission on September 27, 28, 29, or 30 (a $9 value)

Since 1972, the Cox Farms Fall Festival has entertained the DC area with barrels of arable fun on 90 acres of farmland in Centreville, VA, just 20 miles west of the District. Admission to the family-owned farm gives you access to the festival’s many attractions. Shriek down five giant slides, Tarzan-yodel across different-sized rope swings, lose yourself in the CORNundrum corn maze, or pet a variety of farm animals before judging their figure-skating routines. Along the way, you can knock back a fresh mug of hot cider while perusing the pumpkin patch for this Halloween's ghoul-faced gourd before enjoying the colors of twilight aboard the hayride.

Sprinkled throughout the festival grounds is a variety of delicious foods, such as caramel apples, kettle corn, Angus burgers, and Cox's famous boardwalk fries, as well as equally delicious live entertainment. Whether they're small children or bigger children who conveniently have their own children, guests experiencing Cox Farms Fall Festival's cornucopia of nostalgic activities will have a chance to revel in all things autumn.

Reviews

Northern Virginia magazine named the Cox Farms Fall Festival the best Family-Friendly Event of 2009. The Washington Post made the farm an Editors' Pick, About.com mentioned the festival, and more than 4,000 Facebookers are fans of the farm. Six Yelpers give the farm an average of four stars:

• Cox Farms Fall Festival is one of the largest in Virginia with more than 90 acres of family activities. Visitors enjoy unlimited hayrides, Giant slides, rope swings, farm animal feeding, pumpkin patch, live entertainment and much more. – Rachel Cooper, About.com
• I look forward to the Cox Farms fall festival every year and have been going since my eldest was a baby in 2000…The kids love the animals, the slides, the free cider/apples & music and the goats and the Hay Ride is always my favorite. – Mary C., Facebook