Raw Learning offers monthly field trips open to the wider homeschooling community. Any interested homeschoolers are welcome to register for our field trips. All of our field trips require advance registration and payment. Most have a maximum group size and often fill up. Please register promptly in order to secure your spot. We are dedicated to inclusion regardless of financial status. If you are unable to afford a field trip please reach out to us to see how we can help.
Fall 2026 Field Trips
November 20th – Funky’s Skate Center, Harrisonburg, VA – Come enjoy community on roller skates!
Spring 2026 Field Trips
January 27th – Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke – Enjoy a guided tour, hands-on art project, and creative play in the museum’s interactive Art Venture space.
February 20th – Funky’s Skate Center, Harrisonburg, VA – Come join the Shenandoah Valley homeschool community for one of our most popular outings!
February 24th – Roanoke History Museum – Explore Appalachian weather lore, folk healing, and the superstitions that shaped mountain life.
March 24th – JMU Planetarium, Harrisonburg – Join us for a visit to the John C. Wells Planetarium at JMU to watch Ancieny Skies.
Fall 2025 Field Trips
August 12th – Washington & Lee Campus Gardens and Kitchen – Learn how W&L feeds their community! Join us after for lunch and play at Kids Playce.
September 7th – Homeschool Community River Play Day – Join the Rockbridge/Alleghany/Buena Vista/Lexington homeschool community for an afternoon of river fun in Clifton Forge, VA.
September 12th – Wildlife Education Program with Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, Eagle Rock Library – Enjoy a talk and visit with the animal ambassadors!
November 18th – Funky’s Skate Center, Harrisonburg, VA – Back by popular demand!
Spring 2025 Field Trips
January 29th – Little Beasties Art Studio, Buena Vista, VA – Puppet making workshop!
February 28th – JMU Planetarium, Harrisonburg, VA – Enjoy a full dome show and night sky talk! Join us at Funky’s Skate Center afterwards!
February 28th – Funky’s Skate Center, Harrisonburg, VA – Come enjoy community on roller skates!
Fall 2024 Field Trips
September 17th – Wenger Grapes, Waynesboro, VA – Enjoy a tour of the farm and grape juice making demo, and pick yummy grapes to take home!
October 15th – Back Home on the Farm Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze, Harrisonburg, VA – Enjoy 40+ fall fun activities at Back Home on the Farm!
November 12th – Virginia State Capitol Tour, Richmond, VA – Tour the State Capitol, explore Capitol Square and the Canal Walk Murals.
November 22nd – Funky’s Skate Center, Harrisonburg, VA – Come enjoy community on roller skates!
December 18th – Holiday Ice Skating at Lancerlot Sports Complex, Vinton, VA – Group Ice Skating!
Spring 2024 Field Trips
January 16th – Ice Skating at Lancerlot Sports Complex, Roanoke – Indoor ice skating with friends!
February 28th – Virginia Transportation Museum, Roanoke – Explore the transportation museum with friends for a group rate!
March 27th – The Eye Planetarium and the Science Museum of Western Virginia – Check out the newly opened planetarium housed in the Science Museum of Western Virginia!
April 23rd – Boxerwood Water Scientists, Lexington – Come explore Boxerwood’s waterways with Boxerwood educators!
May 21st – Tantivy Lavender Farm, Fairfield – Enjoy a day on a beautiful farm, learn about lavender, and make a craft!
Fall 2023 Field Trips
August 29th – Douthat State Park Lake Day, Clifton Forge – Come spend the day on the sandy beach swimming in the water of Douthat Lake with us! For full details and registration click here.
September 26th – Virginia Safari Park, Natural Bridge – Ride the wagon and feed the animals in the 180 acre drive-thru safari park. For full details and registration click here.
October 24th – Montebello State Fish Hatchery, Montebello – Visit the fish hatchery and check out the scenic nature trail and pollinator plots. For full details and registration click here.
November 7th – Clifton Forge School of the Arts, Clifton Forge – Enjoy some arts activities in historic Clifton Forge, and hike the new Sensory Trail along Smith Creek. Full details and link to register click here.
December 5th – Natural Bridge Caverns, Natural Bridge – Explore the caverns on a guided tour, learn about Eastern Woodland Indians, and do some gem mining! Full details and link to register click here.
Raw Learning is a non-profit organization with no religious or political affiliation. We have an emphasis on self-directed education and nature connection, and we strive to foster a culture in which differences are celebrated and everyone is valued, respected, and feels safe to be themselves. Raw Learning is an inclusive group, and we welcome everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, economic status, or educational beliefs.