Parks (Other)
Some units of the National Park System bear unique titles or combinations of titles, like the White House and Prince William Forest Park. At present, there are 11 such parks in the National Park System, all located in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
Catoctin Mountain Park
Featuring panoramic vistas of the Monocacy Valley, park offers opportunities for camping, picnicking, and fishing, and 25 miles of hiking trails.Constitution Gardens
Dedicated in 1976 as an Bicentennial tribute. In 1982, the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial was dedicated here.Fort Washington Park
Located across the Potomac from Mount Vernon, this fort was built (1814-24) to protect Washington, DC.Greenbelt Park
Located just outside our nation's capital, park offers urban dwellers access to many forms of outdoor recreation on a year-round basis.National Capital Parks (Central Area)
Includes more than 80 structures and 150 named historic parks, squares, circles and triangles of natural and cultural significance in Washington, DC.National Mall
Extending from the Capitol to the Washington Monument, the National Mall was envisioned as a formal park in the L'Enfant Plan.Piscataway Park
Six-mile-long park on the Potomac is preserved as a pilot project in the use of easements to protect parklands from obtrusive urban expansion.Prince William Forest Park
One of the few remaining piedmont forest ecosystems in the NPS, it covers a major portion of the Quantico Creek watershed.Rock Creek Park
One of the largest and oldest urban parks in the U.S. (established in 1890), located in Washington, DC.White House (President's Park)
The residence and office of the US Presidents since November 1800. Cornerstone was laid in 1792, on the site selected included in the L'Enfant Plan.Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts
The Filene Center, an open-air performing arts pavilion, can accommodate 6,786, including 3,000 on the sloping lawn in a setting of rolling hills and woods.Click here to select another park by classification type, by name, by state, or by activity.
