Great Falls/river Bend Parks
Great Falls National Park and the Riverbend County park allow Mt. bikes on designated trails. You may start your ride at the main parking lot for either park or at the Difficult Run dirt parking lot located at Rt. 193 Geor... dirtworld.com
Rock Creek Park: Arboreal Southern Section, Washington,...
Washington, DC, has long been called the City of Trees. Despite a net tree-cover loss of roughly 60 percent since 1980, the name still applies. The parks remain mostly wooded. Residential streets, yards, and gardens sport can... trails.com
National Zoo
The National Zoological Park is a part of the Smithsonian Institution, the world?s largest museum and research complex. The Smithsonian includes 18 museums and galleries, as well as the National Zoo. The words "National Z... famplosion.com
Wolf Trap National Park For The Performing Arts
In 1966, Catherine Filene Shouse donated 100 acres of her farmland to the National Park Service, and Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts was born... patch.com
C & O Canal
The trail is a great, cheap, 3 day weekend (or less, depending how fast, and how far you want to go) getaway that runs the length of the C&O Canal, which would have extended to Ohio if it weren't for the railroads. It i... singletracks.com
Glen Echo Park -
Glen Echo Park began in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly, teaching the sciences, arts, languages and literature. By the early 1900s, Glen Echo Park had become a premier amusement park, serving the Washington D.C. ar... waymarking.com
Wolf Trap Farm Park For The Performing Arts
- Wolf Trap is the only national park for the performing arts. Performances are held at the Filene Center Memorial Day through Labor Day. The Filene Theater seats 4,000 under the roof and 3,000 on the lawn. There is also a... wildernet.com
George Washington Memorial Parkway
- George Washington Memorial Parkway, developed as a memorial to the first U.S. President, preserves and protects the shoreline and watershed of the Potomac River. It connects historic sites from Mount Vernon passed the Na... wildernet.com
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
- This national memorial preserves and protects the house where Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia, lived for 30 years. The memorial overlooks the Potomac River and Washington, D.C., and is ... wildernet.com
John Ericsson Memorial
I love this country. I love its people and its laws, and I would give my life for it just as soon as not. John Ericsson. Swedish-born John Ericsson revolutionized maritime navigation through the first practical use of a stern-m... hmdb.org
Lake Fairfax Park
The star attraction at Lake Fairfax Park is the new Water Mine Family Swimmin' Hole, a western theme activity pool with an acre of interactive play features, including Rattlesnake River, Box Canyon Crossing, slides and flum... virginia.org
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is the grand, former estate of Post Cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. Located on 25 acres in a lovely residential neighborhood in Northwest DC, Hillwood is merely five mil... culturaltourismdc.org
Riverbend Park
Tucked away in a remote river setting, Fairfax County Park Authority's only riverfront park has over 400 acres of forest, meadows, and ponds. Trails include a 2.5 mile portion of the Potomac Heritage Trail linking national ... virginia.org
Dumbarton Oaks
MUSEUM Recently reinstalled in renovated galleries, the Dumbarton Oaks Museum"s permanent exhibition features world-renowned collections of Byzantine and Pre-Columbian art. In addition, European masterpieces are ex... culturaltourismdc.org
Lincoln Memorial
Located at the west end of the National Mall, the Lincoln Memorial is a principal landmark of the city. It offers magnificent views of the city from several vantage points. Daniel Chester French's 19-foot statue of Lin... mytravelguide.com
Wakefield Chapel Park
At Wakefield Chapel Park, visitors will find Wakefield Chapel, built in 1899 and named after Elhanan Wakefield, its first Methodist minister... patch.com
Mason District Park - Annandale, Va
Best parking coordinates are posted. You can get to the dog park from the main entrance (follow the signs) but you'll have to walk about .25 to .3 miles on a trail to get to the actual dog park. Those parking coordinates ... waymarking.com
Hains Point
Hains Point, also sometimes called East Potomac Park, is a park on a peninsula of land that reaches into the Potomac River. Play and picnic on a nice day, or take advantage of the public swimming pool, tennis courts, golf c... trekaroo.com