Editing Stephens City, Virginia (section)

===Parks and recreation===
Town residents have access to two parks within town limits: Newtown Commons and Bel Air Street Park. Newtown Commons, sometimes called Newtown Park, is located along Main Street, and the other is on Bel Air Street.<ref name="ParksRec">{{cite web |url=http://www.stephenscity.vi.virginia.gov/faq.shtml |title=Frequently Asked Questions |access-date=May 21, 2012 |publisher=Town of Stephens City |archive-date=April 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419010516/http://stephenscity.vi.virginia.gov/faq.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> At Newtown Commons, residents can hold outdoor events such as picnics, fundraisers or small concerts. The Bel Air Street Park is a playground for children with standard swingsets and other activities.<ref name="ParksRec"/>

Just outside Stephens City is Sherando Park. The park houses several trails, ponds, a pool, sports fields and more.<ref name="SherandoPark">{{cite web |url=http://www.fcva.us/departments/o-z/parks-recreation/parks/sherando-park |title=Parks and Recreation – Sherando Park |access-date=May 21, 2012 |publisher=County of Frederick, Virginia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211184443/http://www.fcva.us/departments/o-z/parks-recreation/parks/sherando-park |archive-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> Sherando Park is also home of the Virginia Tech Memorial Garden, planted in memory of the [[Virginia Tech shooting]], which took place approximately {{cvt|175|mi|km}} from the park. It has "a winding sidewalk shaped in the college's trademark 'VT'" and "a flagpole surrounded by 32 [[Hokie Stone]]s", one for each of the 32 victims of the shooting.<ref name="VTMemPark">{{cite web |url=http://www.shenandoahhokies.com/we-remember.html |title=We Remember - Shenandoah Chapter Virginia Tech Alumni Association |access-date=December 16, 2017 |publisher=Shenandoah Chapter Virginia Tech Alumni Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051111/http://www.shenandoahhokies.com/we-remember.html |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="VTMemPark2">{{cite web |url=http://www.vtvfamilyfoundation.org/about-us/tributes/general-tributes/ |title=General Tributes - VTV Family Outreach Foundation |access-date=February 18, 2016 |publisher=VTV Family Outreach Foundation |archive-date=May 4, 2016 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20160504212750/http://www.vtvfamilyfoundation.org/about-us/tributes/general-tributes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Memorial Garden was dedicated and opened on April 16, 2009, the second anniversary of the shooting.<ref name="VTMemPark"/> The park was built by the Shenandoah Chapter of Virginia Tech Alumni Association, which is based in nearby [[Winchester, Virginia]].<ref name="VTMemPark2"/>

The [[Family Drive-In Theatre]], a two-screen [[drive-in theater]], is located near the town, on [[U.S. Route 11 in Virginia|U.S. Route 11]] just south of Stephens City.<ref name="SCDriveIn1">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-western-virginia-the-drive-in-movie-theater-lives-on/2011/06/24/AGqwVntH_story.html |title=In western Virginia, the drive-in movie theater lives on. |date=July 1, 2011 |access-date=March 27, 2016 |last=Carney |first=Dan |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=May 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510024321/http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-western-virginia-the-drive-in-movie-theater-lives-on/2011/06/24/AGqwVntH_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SCDriveIn2">{{cite web |url=http://www.thefamilydriveintheatre.com/ |title=Family Drive-In Theatre |access-date=July 20, 2013 |publisher=Colonial Entertainment Group, LLC |archive-date=May 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503155812/http://www.thefamilydriveintheatre.com/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> It is one of ten drive-ins in the state of Virginia.<ref name="DriveInVA">{{cite web |url=http://wtop.com/fraley-on-film/2012/08/stephens-city-proves-drive-ins-are-not-expendable/ |title=Stephens City proves drive-ins are not 'expendable' |date=August 24, 2012 |access-date=August 26, 2012 |last=Fraley |first=Jason |publisher=[[WTOP-FM|WTOP Radio]] |archive-date=June 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605203446/http://wtop.com/fraley-on-film/2012/08/stephens-city-proves-drive-ins-are-not-expendable/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The theatre converted to all-digital in 2013.<ref name="Conversion">{{cite news |newspaper=[[Winchester Star|The Winchester Star]] |location=[[Winchester, Virginia]] |publisher=Byrd Newspapers |url=http://www.winchesterstar.com/article/at_family_drive_in_show_goes_on_and_on_and_on |title=At Family Drive-In, show goes on, and on, and on |date=September 3, 2013 |access-date=November 9, 2014 |last=Bradshaw |first=Vic |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141108041654/http://www.winchesterstar.com/article/at_family_drive_in_show_goes_on_and_on_and_on |archive-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref>