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- Type: Kid Friendly, Active, Relaxed, Urban, Solitary/Remote, Educational, Inspirational, Virtual, Indoors, Outdoors, Road Trip, Group Friendly
- Duration: Multiple Days
- Topics: Native American Heritage, River and Riparian, Water Trails, Watersheds, Marshes, Animals, Birds, Scenic Views, Wetlands, Military, War of 1812, Indigenous and Native Warrior, Monuments and Memorials, Social Movements, Civil Rights, Urban America, Colonial/European Contact Conflicts
- Activities: Self-Guided Tours - Walking, Birdwatching, Paddling
Visit the museums, monuments, and parks in and around Washington DC dedicated to American Indian history and heritage. Experience landscapes that evoke the Chesapeake Bay as it was prior to European colonization, paddling the rivers that sustained American Indian communities.
- Topics: Lakes, Water Trails, Birds, Explorers and Expeditions, Maritime - Military, River and Riparian, Scenic Views, Religious Freedom, Dams, Headwaters
- Activities: Kayaking, Paddling
Travel DC's waterways.
- Type: Kid Friendly, Active, Relaxed, Urban, Inspirational, Outdoors, Group Friendly
- Duration: Half Day
- Topics: River and Riparian, Scenic Views, Trails, Bridges, Urban America, African American Heritage, Architecture and Building, Enslavement, Forests and Woodlands, Landscape Design, Military, Monuments and Memorials, Presidents, Reconstruction, Religion and Spirituality, Schools and Education, Social Movements, Abolition Movement, Civil Rights, Voting Rights and Suffrage, Tragic Events, Wars and Conflicts, Civil War, Meadows, Natural Sounds
- Activities: Road Biking, Guided Tours, Picnicking
Half Day at Anacostia Park
- Type: Kid Friendly, Active, Relaxed, Urban, Educational, Inspirational, Outdoors, Group Friendly
- Duration: Half Day
- Topics: River and Riparian, Scenic Views, Trails, Bridges, Urban America, Birds, Tortoises and Turtles, Photography, Colonization and Settlement, Farming and Agriculture, Landscape Design, Natural Sounds, Conservation Movement, Wetlands, Arts
- Activities: Road Biking, Picnicking, Guided Tours
Enjoy a half day at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens. You will be surrounded by natural wonders at all times of the year. There are a variety of activities to enjoy your visit.
- Antietam National Battlefield
The Best Way to Visit Antietam if You Only Have 30 Minutes
- Type: Kid Friendly, Solitary/Remote, Educational, Inspirational, Outdoors
- Topics: Military, Artillery, Battlefields, Infantry and Militia, US Army, Monuments and Memorials, Scenic Views, Schools and Education, Trails, Wars and Conflicts, Civil War
- Activities: Museum Exhibits
Visitors typically spend about 1/2 day at Antietam to visit the park visitor center, take in a ranger program, and tour the battlefield. If you are pressed for time, this tour will take you to the high points of the field in about 30 minutes.
- Type: Kid Friendly, Active, Urban, Educational, Inspirational
- Duration: Multiple Days
- Topics: Architecture and Building, Presidents, Civil Rights, Assassinations, Alligators or Crocodiles, Birds, Fish, Tragic Events, Trails, Water Trails, Monuments and Memorials, Scenic Views, Wetlands, Murders, Sculpture, Vietnam War, World War I, Enslavement, Forests and Woodlands, Natural Sounds, Civil War
- Activities: Self-Guided Tours - Walking
Explore the nations capital like a Washingtonian! There are plenty of metro accessible parks to visit in Washington, DC from Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens to Ford's Theatre. Go camping, catch a play, visit an island and write your own history by visiting these metro accessible National Parks.
- Type: Active
- Duration: Multiple Days
- Topics: Farming and Agriculture, Forests and Woodlands, Monuments and Memorials, River and Riparian, Scenic Views, Trails, Water Trails, African American Heritage, Fish, Colonization and Settlement, Industry, Maritime, Lighthouses, Geology, Night Sky, Presidents, Roads, Routes and Highways
- Activities: Road Biking
Explore the Northern Neck of Virginia between George Washington Birthplace National Monument and Reedville, Virginia, including Westmoreland State Park, Stratford Hall, Montross, wineries, farms, historic Rice's Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern, marinas and the Sunnybank Ferry.
- Type: Kid Friendly, Active, Relaxed, Educational
- Duration: Half Day
- Topics: Scenic Views, Trails, Canals, Wilderness, American Revolution, Animals, Birds, Fish, Tortoises and Turtles, Architecture and Building, Arts, Photography, Burial, Cemetery and Gravesite, Trade, Dams, Engineering, Farming and Agriculture, Immigration, Industry, Factories, Mills, Mining, Military, Infantry and Militia, River and Riparian, Transportation, Bridges, Tunnels, Wars and Conflicts, Civil War, Colonial/European Contact Conflicts, French and Indian War, Women's History, Commerce
- Activities: Biking, Self-Guided Tours - Walking, Museum Exhibits
The Cushwa building is home to the C&O Canal’s Williamsport Visitor Center. The surrounding area is filled with historic remnants from the Canal’s heyday, including Lock and Lockhouse 44, the old trolley barn, and the remains of the Conococheague Aqueduct. Williamsport’s location at Mile Marker 99 makes it a popular stop for towpath hikers and bikers.
- Type: Kid Friendly, Active, Relaxed, Educational, Inspirational
- Duration: Multiple Days
- Topics: Architecture and Building, Burial, Cemetery and Gravesite, National Cemetery, Enslavement, Military, Civil War, Assassinations, Murders, Battlefields, Monuments and Memorials, Scenic Views, Trails, Presidents, Abolition Movement, Civil Rights, Forts, African American Heritage, Armories, US Marines, Social Movements, Wars and Conflicts, Artillery
- Activities: Self-Guided Tours - Walking, Theater, Cultural Demonstrations
Revisit history by exploring Civil War Heritage sites, monuments and battlefields.
- Type: Kid Friendly, Relaxed, Urban, Educational
- Duration: Multiple Days
- Topics: American Revolution, Architecture and Building, Enslavement, Farming and Agriculture, Commerce, Wars and Conflicts, American Revolutionary War, Scenic Views, Arts, Burial, Cemetery and Gravesite, Plantations, Presidents, Churches, Abolition Movement, Civil Rights
- Activities: Guided Tours, Self-Guided Tours - Walking
This trip focuses on architecture in the Mount Vernon and George Washington Memorial Parkway area along the Potomac. The Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail partners are developing a multi-use path among Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, Washington’s Gristmill and Distillery, Woodlawn Manor, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House, the Alexandria Friends Meeting House, Accotink Bay Wildlife Preserve and Pohick Bay Regional Park.
Last updated: May 19, 2021