Built to defend the river approach to Washington, DC, Fort Washington has stood sentry for over 200 years. As technologies advanced, so did Fort Washington from the brick and stone of the 19th century to the concrete and steel of the 20th century.
What you’ll hear
38 places to explore in this park.
- Battery Decatur
- Battery Emory
- Battery Humphreys
- Battery James Many
- Battery Meigs
- Battery Smith
- Battery White
- Battery Wilkin
- Counterscarp Gallery
- Enlisted Men's Barracks
- Fort Washington
- Fort Washington Lighthouse
- Fort Washington Lighthouse Area Bathroom
- Fort Washington Main Parking Lot Bathroom
- Fort Washington Officer's Quarters
- Fort Washington Picnic Area A
- Fort Washington Picnic Area B1
- Fort Washington Picnic Area B2
- Fort Washington Picnic Area B3
- Fort Washington Picnic Area B4
- Fort Washington Picnic Area C
- Fort Washington Picnic Area D1
- Fort Washington Picnic Area D2
- Fort Washington Post Exchange
- Fort Washington South Powder Magazine
- Information Panel: Battery Decatur and Disappearing Guns
- Information Panel: Caponiere
- Information Panel: Counterscarp Battery
- Information Panel: Minefields
- Information Panel: New Guns for an Old Fort
- Information Panel: Shot and Shell
- Information Panel: The Cisterns
- Information Panel: Water Battery
- Information Panel: Welcome to Fort Washington's Waterside Trail
- Non-Commissioned Officer's Quarters
- North Powder Magazine
- Perimeter Trail - Piscataway Creek
- Perimeter Trail - Swan Creek
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