Great Meadow is a 250 acres (1 km²) field events center and steeplechase course located in The Plains, Virginia

The Plains, Virginia

The Plains is a town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. The population was 266 at the 2000 census. It is centered around Virginia Route 55 and Virginia Route 245...

. It is operated under the stewardship of the Great Meadow Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

Non-profit organization

Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

 dedicated to the preservation of open space for community use.

Great Meadow and the Great Meadow Foundation were founded and the land donated by news executive and philanthropist Arthur W. Arundel 20 years ago.