• Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park
  Hundreds of original structures, including locks, lockhouses, and aqueducts, serve as reminders of the canal's role as a transportation system during the Canal Era. In addition, the canal's towpath provides a nearly level, continuous trail through the spectacular scenery of the Potomac River Valley. Every year millions of visitors come to hike or bike the C&O Canal in order to enjoy the natural, cultural, and recreational opportunities available. The canal follows the route of the Potomac River for 184.5 miles, from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, MD.
  
  
• Constitution Gardens
  Constitution Gardens is a living legacy to the founding of the republic as well as an oasis in the midst of a city landscape. The 50 acres of the park were originally beneath the Potomac River! A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging project at the turn of century created the land that became Potomac Park. Located in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
  On the night of April 14th, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln who had been attending a play at Ford's Theatre. The President was carried to a small bedroom in the back of the Petersen House, a boarding house across the street from the theatre, where he died in the early morning hours. Today, Ford's Theater and The House Where Lincoln Died (The Petersen House) are preserved by the National Park Service as Ford's Theatre National Historic Site. Located in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
  The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial serves as a monument for the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Located in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Lincoln Memorial
  The Lincoln Memorial is a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln and the nation he fought to preserve during the Civil War (1861-1865). Located in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
  A living memorial to the 36th President, the park overlooks the Potomac River vista of the Capital in Washington D.C. The design features 500 white pines and inscriptions on Texas granite.
  
  
• Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
  The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site commemorates the life of Mary McLeod Bethune and the organization she founded, the National Council of Negro Women. The Bethune Council House was Mary McLeod Bethune's last official Washington, D.C. residence and the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.
  
  
• National Capital Parks Central
  NATIONAL CAPITAL PARKS - CENTRAL (NACC) is responsible for over 1,000 acres of some of the most significant natural and cultural resources in the United States. The sites of NACC are cherished symbols of our nation, known worldwide and depicted on everything from currency to the nightly news. Located in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• National Capital Parks - East
  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.
  
  
• Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
  This site includes a portion of Pennsylvania Avenue and the area adjacent to it between the Capitol and the White House encompassing Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, several blocks of the Washington commercial district, the Old Post Office Tower, and a number of federal structures. Located in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Rock Creek Park
  Established on September 27, 1890 Rock Creek Park is one of the oldest national parks in the National Park Service. It is also one of the largest forested urban parks in the United States, containing a wide variety of natural, historical, and recreational features in the midst of Washington, D.C. There are opportunities for picnicking, hiking, biking, skating, horseback riding, tennis and golf.
  
  
• Rock Creek Park - Meridian Hill
  Meridian Hill Park is located in northwest Washington, D.C. and is bordered by 16th, Euclid, 15th, and W Streets. It is a 12 acre site situated on an almost perfect north-south axis. Perhaps the single most intriguing feature of the park is the thirteen basin cascade fountains that form the center of the lower level formal garden. The fountains are designed with a recirculating water system which, through an elaborate series of pumps, supplies water to two large circular fountains on the upper level, and cascade found on the lower. Each cascade bowl flows to a larger bowl as they descend to the bottom. Water fills one bowl, overflowing into the next, until it reaches the large reflecting pool in the plaza. Located in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• The National Mall
  Located in Washington, D.C., The National Mall was created as a main part of the original design of the national capital parks system.
  
  
• The Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
  Today, the designation of a Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail corridor, enacted and signed in 1983 as an amendment to the National Trails System Act, is being used by communities in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania to develop and make connections among trails, historic sites and a range of recreational and educational opportunities.
  
  
• Washington D.C. - Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
  From 1877 to 1895, this was the home of Frederick Douglass, the Nation's leading 19th-century African American spokesman. Visitors to the site will learn more about his efforts to abolish slavery and his struggle for Human Rights, Equal Rights and Civil Rights for all oppressed people. Among Frederick Douglass' other achievements, he was U.S. minister to Haiti in 1889. Located in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Washington, D.C. -Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is today the most visited National Park Service site in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Washington Monument
  The Washington Monument located in Washington, D.C., serves as a memorial to the nation's first president and leader of the American Revolution, George Washington.
  
  
• White House
  The White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, was originally constructed 1791-1800, the work of James Hoban. It was reconstructed in 1815 after being burned by British soldiers during the War of 1812. It has been the home of every president of the United States since John Adams. Located in Washington, D.C.
  
  

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