USA State Park

Officially established in 1965, National Mall & Memorial Parks contains some of the oldest protected park lands in the National Park Service. The sprawling lands of the National Mall & Memorial Parks include the Mall, the public promenade extending from 3rd Street near the Capitol to 14th Street. The National Mall is the continuation of that space where congressionally authorized park icons, such as the Washington Monument, WWII and Lincoln Memorials stand. read more...

Phone: 202.485.9880   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No  
Nearest Popular City: SW Washington   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: State Park   Activities: Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: National Mall & Memorial Parks

NCP-East offers a wide array of historic, natural, and recreational areas of that are a part of Washington, D.C. and its eastern environs. The park includes 12 major park areas at 98 locations. Significant resources are as diverse as statuary, historic sites and buildings, recreation areas, parkways, archeological sites, tidal and non-tidal wetlands, meadows, and forests; and encompass over 8,000 acres. read more...

Phone: 202-690-5185   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No  
Nearest Popular City: SE Washington   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: State Park   Activities: N/A   Details Provided By: National Capital Parks-East

Picturesque Fort Washington sits on high ground overlooking the Potomac River and offers a grand view of Washington and the Virginia shoreline. Today, only one silent gun stands behind the masonry wall-the last armament of the powerful fort that once guarded the water approach to our Nation's Capital. The old fort is one of the few U.S. seacoast fortifications still in its original form. read more...

Phone: (301)763-4600   Price Range: $3 - $5   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No  
Nearest Popular City: Fort Washington   Nearest Lake/River: N/A   Park Type: State Park   Activities: Birding, Biking / Bicycling, Fishing, Hiking, Wildlife Watching, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Fort Washington