George Washington Memorial Parkway

The George Washington Memorial Parkway was designed for recreational driving. It links sites that commemorate important episodes in American history and preserve habitat for local wildlife. The parkway and its associated trails provide a scenic place to play and rest in the busy Washington, DC metropolitan area.

What you’ll hear

82 places to explore in this park.

• 4th Infantry Division Memorial
• Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd
• American Armored Forces Memorial
• Arlington Memorial Bridge
• Arts of War: Sacrifice
• Arts of War: Valor
• Battery Mount Vernon
• Battery Porter
• Battery Sater
• Belle Haven Marina
• Belle Haven Park and Picnic Area
• Collingwood Picnic Area
• Columbia Island Marina
• Daingerfield Island
• District of Columbia Boundary Stone
• Dyke Marsh Wildlife Habitat
• Fort Hunt Park
• Fort Washington Overlook
• George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1
• George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 2
• Gravelly Point
• Information Panel: 70,000 Marines Helped Raise The Flag On Iwo Jima
• Information Panel: A Bird's Eye View of the Woods
• Information Panel: A Fine Improvable Marsh
• Information Panel: A Fitting-Out Dock
• Information Panel: Anatomy of a Tidal Marsh
• Information Panel: And How Will You Remember Them?
• Information Panel: A Place to Nest or Rest
• Information Panel: Architect of the Great Society
• Information Panel: A Song Of Thanks
• Information Panel: A Split Second Made Immortal
• Information Panel: Avenue of Heroes
• Information Panel: A World War I Shipyard Transforms Jones Point
• Information Panel: Battery Rodgers
• Information Panel: Battle Honors Unending
• Information Panel: DC's First Building Block
• Information Panel: Great Hunting Creek
• Information Panel: Here We Remember Them All
• Information Panel: Indian Villages and Captain John Smith
• Information Panel: Life In The Marsh
• Information Panel: Missions Critical
• Information Panel: Mountains of Materials and Massive Manpower
• Information Panel: Prehistory to Colonial Settlement / The Emerging Nation / World Wars to the Present
• Information Panels: A Legacy Older than the Republic and Something More than a Statue
• Information Panel: Stabilizing the Marsh
• Information Panel: The First People on Jones Point
• Information Panel: The Jones Point Lighthouse
• Information Panel: The Jones Point Ropewalk
• Information Panel: The Marines' Fiercest Fighting Of World War II
• Information Panel: The Memorial Grove
• Information Panel: The Nation's Capital Begins Here
• Information Panel: The Presidential Pilgrimage
• Information Panel: The Race to Build Ships on Jones Point
• Information Panel: The Remarkable Margaret Brent
• Information Panel: Welcome to Jones Point Park
• Information Panel: What's Below The Water At Jones Point
• Jones Point Park
• Lady Bird Johnson Park Plaque
• LBJ Memorial Grove On The Potomac
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial - Virginia entrance
• Mount Vernon Loop
• Mount Vernon Trail Mile 0
• Mount Vernon Trail North Terminus
• Navy and Marine Memorial
• Netherlands Carillon
• Picnic Area A
• Picnic Area B
• Picnic Area C-1
• Picnic Area C-2
• Picnic Area D
• Picnic Area E
• Riverside Park George Washington Memorial Parkway
• Seabees Memorial
• South Turkey Run Park
• Spanish War Veterans Memorial
• Theodore Roosevelt Island Comfort Station
• Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
• Turkey Run Park
• US Marine Corps War Memorial
• US Marine Corps War Memorial Comfort Station
• US Marine Corps War Memorial Reviewing Stand
• Women In Military Service For America Memorial