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Washington is located in an area that is rich in historic lore and natural beauty. From much of this can be found within a short drive from the city. Get off the main roads and the bustling sounds of a Chesapeake Bay harbor to the utter stillness of a Blue Ridge wander slowly across the country. You may be surprised what you find. To start you Day Trips mountaintop, from the small, old tobacco farms of southern Maryland to the grand on your way, here are a few day trips to areas, all but one of which are maintained by estates of Virginia's hunt country, you will find a richness of scenery and history. And the National Park Service, that you may find interesting.

Antietam National Battlefield Site Tourmobile Service The park is 40 kilometers {25 miles) from Frederick, Md., (15 miles) from Washington at 9200 Old Dominion Drive. Parking in downtown Washington is severely limited, and via Alt. U.S. 40 and Md. 34. In one of the bloodiest, most Open from dawn to dusk daily. 759-2915. searching for a parking space can be frustrating. To ferocious battles of the war, Robert E. Lee was stopped complement the public transportation system the from invading the North. Five days later, Lincoln Greenbelt Park National Park Service provides concessioner-operated announced that on January 1, 1863, he would issue the Take exit 28 of the Capital Beltway (I-495), south on Tourmobile service that stops at all major points of inter­ Emancipation Proclamation. Stop at the visitor center for Kenilworth Avenue, left on Md. 193 to the entrance. est on the Mall and Capitol Hill and at the National a map. Open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with extended Greenbelt is just 15 kilometers (9 miles) outside Wash­ Visitor Center and Arlington Cemetery. Rates vary from hours for summer months. (301) 432-5124. ington in Maryland. The park has 178 camp sites with $1 to $4 with unlimited reboarding privileges. Call hiking trails and picnic groves. Open from dawn to dusk 554-7950 for additional information. Catoctin Mountain Park daily. 344-3948. North of Washington 105 kilometers {65 miles) on U.S. 15 Visitor Information Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is Catoctin Mountain Park. You may enjoy fishing, swim­ National Visitor Center 523-5300 or 523-5033 ming, boating, camping, hiking, and picnicking, and Located 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Washington via Clara Barton House Dial-A-Park gives recorded information on current park I-270 and U.S. 340 Harpers Ferry is one of two original visiting a mountain craft center in the park. Campgrounds activities and events in the Washington area. 426-6975. Federal arsenals. The town is historically associated with have restrooms, fireplaces, tables and trailer parking Kiosk, a monthly calendar of park events, is available at (trailers over 6.7 meters [ 22 feet] prohibited). The park John Brown's raid and the first rumblings of the Civil most park sites. is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily with longer hours War. Much of the town has been restored to its pre- Metrobus and subway schedules are available. 637-2437. in the summer. (301) 271-7447. 1860 appearance. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through International Visitors Service Council, 801 19th Street, Sunday. (304)535-6371. NW, is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park 872-8747. The historic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal projected to Manassas National Battlefield Park Travelers Aid Society. 347-0101. link the tidewater area with the Ohio Valley runs parallel The park, 42 kilometers (26 miles) southwest of Washing­ Handicapped Visitors. Tours for the blind and deaf can to the Potomac River. The canal route now offers 298 ton near the intersection of I-66 and Va. 234, is the site Great Falls, Va. be arranged. 282-7080. kilometers (185 miles) of biking and hiking along the of the two Civil War battles of Manassas, known as Bull Emergency Help. Police: 911. U.S. Park Police: towpath, camping, and mule-run barge trips. Open from Run in the North. The visitor center, where maps of the 426-6600. dawn to dark daily. 299-3613. battlefield are available, contains a museum, slide pro­ gram, folders, and booklets. The park is open from 9:30 Clara Barton House a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. (703) 759-2915. Camping 0 Built in 1892 at 5801 Oxford Road in Glen Echo, Md., Tent camping and trailer facilities are available at the this building was intended for Red Cross storage, but it Mount Vernon following: Assateague Island National Seashore, Md.,and became home and headquarters for Clara Barton, South of Alexandria, Va., is the plantation where the Va.,(301) 641-1441. Catoctin Mountain Park, Thurmont, founder of the American Red Cross, in 1897. The furnish­ young George Washington lived with his half-brother, Md., (301) 271-7447. Greenbelt Park, Greenbelt, Md., "3 ings belonged to either Ms. Barton or the Red Cross. The Lawrence, who named the estate "Mount Vernon" in 344-3948. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 299-3613. Prince house is open 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday. Closed honor of Edward Vernon, the British admiral. The house William Forest Park, Triangle, Va., (703) 221-7181. Mondays and holidays. 492-6246. sits high on the Virginia bank of the Potomac River. The main house and flanking service buildings have been Harpers Ferry Picnic Areas Fort McHenry faithfully restored by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Associa­ East and West Potomac Parks, East and West Ohio Drive, In 1814, during the British bombardment of Baltimore tion of the Union. The grounds, on which the tombs of SW, no reservations necessary. Anacostia Park, between and Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key penned the lines to George and Martha Washington are located, and house South Capitol Street and Benning Road, SE, no reserva­ a poem that is now the National Anthem. The fort is open are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily March-September tions necessary. Fort Dupont Park, Minnesota Avenue 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with extended summer hours. The and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. the rest of the year. Admission is and Randle Circle, SE. For reservations call 673-7646. fort is 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the center of Balti­ $1.50 for adults and 75Appalachian Trail for hiking on a first-come, first-served basis. Most of these are run education programs are also provided. A 1921 carousel plus 322 kilometers (200 miles) of park trails, interpretive by the D.C. Department of Recreation, 3149 16th Street, ', designed by the Dentzel Company of Philadelphia, services, fishing, horse rental, and picnic spots can be NW. 673-7627. East Potomac Courts, Hains Point be­ creators of America's finest carousels, is also at the park. found in this wonderful park. The park is located about tween Park Service Headquarters and 14th Street The park is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday 130 kilometers (80 miles) southwest of Washington and Bridge, SW, open 9 a.m. to dark. 783-5360. Anacostia and from 12 to 5 p.m. Saturday. 492-6282. may be reached via I-66, Va. 55, and U.S. 340 or via I-66 Park, between 11th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue and U.S. 211. The park is open daily with museum hours Bridge, SE. 763-1770. Kennedy Courts, 16th and Ken­ Great Falls Park, Maryland from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (703) 999-2242. nedy Streets, NW. 723-2669. Peirce Mill Courts, Rock About 24 kilometers (15 miles) from the Mall, at the end Creek Park at Park Road, NW. 723-2669. of MacArthur Boulevard, are the Great Falls of the Turkey Run Farm Potomac. This area enjoys the peak of its popularity in The day-to-day operations of a colonial homestead farm the fall when the foliage competes with the wonders of are re-enacted in a pleasant, wooded setting here in Shenandoah Floral Displays the falls. The park has woodland paths, picnic areas, and McLean, Va. Take the Capital Beltway (I-495) to exit 13, Massive seasonal displays of flowers, planted and main­ a restored 19th century tavern-museum. This is a good Va. 193 east 1.6 kilometers (1 mile), left into the farm; tained by the National Park Service, can be found starting point for hiking or cycling along the C&O canal. or take the George Washington Memorial Parkway to Va. throughout the city during most of the year. A favorite is Open from dawn to dusk daily. 299-3613. 123, right fork onto 193, right into the farm. 10 a.m. Washington's Floral Library, created in 1969, near the to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. 557-1378. Tidal Basin at Independence Avenue and East Basin Great Falls Park, Virginia Drive. Other sites include Pershing Square, Lafayette Excellent views of the 15-meter (50-foot) fall of cascading Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts Square, Fountain Four at the entrance to East Potomac water can be seen here. In this 324-hectare (800-acre) Opera, ballet, jazz, pop, symphony orchestra, musical Park, and the west bank of the Potomac, which has park are a snack bar, restrooms, visitor center, picnic theatre, and modern and folk dance are performed in the plantings of more than one million daffodils. facilities, hiking trails, interpretive programs. Fishing is woods of Vienna, Va., during the summer. Some free permitted but swimming and boating are prohibited. A $1 shows are given on weekends. 938-3810. For ticket parking fee is charged. The park is about 24 kilometers information call 938-3800. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Wolf Trap Farm Park Welcome to Washington, the Nation's Capital. Washington is a city of government diversity and origins of America's people. And here, in this city that belongs to all The Washington Monument Ford's Theatre National Visitor Center Constitution Avenue at (Lincoln Museum) objects owned by Lincoln, Massachusetts Avenue, at buildings, museums, and people. Here the institutions of government work at ful­ Americans, more than 700,000 persons make their homes. With this brochure, the 15th Street, NW. In 1833, 517 7 0th Street, NW. his family, and contem­ First Street, NE. The best filling the ideals of the Founding Fathers. Here the many museums, large and small, National Park Service hopes to acquaint you with these Washingtons and to wish the Washington National 10 cents, takes visitors to House Where Lincoln Died poraries. Theatrical presen­ way to see Washington is to Monument Society was the 152-meter (500-foot) 576 10th Street, NW. Re­ tations are held throughout plan ahead. The attractions contain treasures from all over the country and the world reflecting the kaleidoscopic you an enjoyable visit. organized "for the purpose level. Return is by elevator stored Ford s Theatre- the year. Check local news­ are many and varied and of erecting a great National or down the 898 steps from scene of the assassination papers for times. Tickets for even an extended visit does The White House was drawn up by James accessories collected Memorial to Washington." which the 190 memorial of President Abraham Lin­ plays are available at the box not allow enough time to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hoban, an Irish-born archi­ throughout its history. Open Fifteen years later the stones imbedded in the coln on April 14, 1865 —is office; telephone 347-6260. see everything. The pri­ NW. The White House has tect. Burned by the British for tours 10 a.m. to noon cornerstone was laid. After interior wall can be viewed. maintained as a living The museum and house are mary source of information Washington DC been the official residence in 1814, the President's Tuesday through Friday; 10 many difficulties and delays, Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. memorial to the Civil War open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The on the city and the place to of every American President House was restored and a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. the building was opened to Inclined pathways from the President. The museum in theatre closes at 1 p.m. begin your visit is at the except George Washington, painted white, thus giving Closed for official functions; the public in 1888. An eleva­ parking lot and 15th Street the basement depicts the Thursdays and Saturdays National Visitor Center, who selected the site for the it its name. The White House check Dial-A-Park, tor, for which persons 16 lead to the entrance and various phases of Lincoln's Guided tours are available. housed in the restored mansion. The original design contains furnishings and 426-6975. years and older are charged elevator. 426-6841. life and has many interesting 426-6927. Union Station building. There, information special­ ists can help you organize a The Kennedy Center visit tailored to your own New Hampshire Avenue at interests. The center con­ F Street, NW. The John F. tains the National Bookstore, Kennedy Center for the a fast-food restaurant, for­ Performing Arts is the cul­ eign language services, and mination of an interest in a a Discover America Hall of national cultural center States. Taxis, city buses, dating back to George Wash­ the tourmobile, and the ington. The center's facilities Metro subway all serve the include the Eisenhower National Visitor Center Theatre, the Opera House, Guided tours are available. the Concert Hall, the Ameri­ Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. can Film Institute Theatre, 523-5300. and restaurants. Guided tours are given from 10 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. daily. Rooftop talks are held at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday and on the hour, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Entrance ramps provide easy i access for handicapped persons. 254-3850.

U.S. Supreme Court First Street and Maryland Avenue, NE. The highest tribunal in the land was established by Article III of the Constitution. Originally the Court was made up of the chief justice and tive Lincoln Memorial associate justices. Today the Foot of 23rd Street, NW. Court has nine members In 1867, two years after who annually hear argu­ Abraham Lincoln's death. ments on some 170 cases Congress organized the Lin­ out of al most 5,000 peti­ coln Memorial Association tions. The justices are ap­ to plan a monument to his pointed by the President memory. Work finally started with the advice and consent on February 12, 1914. Henry of the Senate. The Court Bacon was the architect, and moved into its present build­ Daniel Chester French ing in 1935 when Charles sculpted the great marble Evans Hughes was chief statue of Lincoln. Carved on justice. Interpretive serv­ themarblewallsare Lincoln's ices and tours are conducted Gettysburg and Second from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m Inaugural Addresses. Inter­ Monday through Friday. The pretive services are from Court is closed Saturday. 8 a.m. to midnight daily; Sunday, and holidays. Handi­ wheelchair ramps and an capped persons may call interior elevator are avail­ 393-1640 for arrangements. able for handicapped visitors. 426-6841.

Arlington House and Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia, via Memorial Bridge. This na­ tional cemetery, across the Potomac River from Wash­ ington, has received inter­ ments from all our wars and military conflicts. Prominent among the many memorials The U.S. Capitol is the Tomb of Unknowns. Capitol Hill. Through the The cemetery is also the halls of this magnificent burial place for two former structure have passed the Presidents, William H. Taft leading figures in American and John F. Kennedy. Arling­ history—the elected repre­ ton House, the home of Gen. sentatives of the people. Robert E. Lee, is inside the Construction of the U.S. cemetery. The cemetery is Capitol began in 1793. open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Arling­ President John Adams ton House is open 9 a.m. to addressed the first joint ses­ 4:30 p.m. Guided tours are sion of Congress in the Sen­ available. 557-3153. ate chamber on November 22, 1800, but the building was not finished until 1867 Other Downtown Attractions tours last approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. Enter on E National Zoological Park, 3000 Connecticut Avenue, NW; • Thomas Jefferson Memorial from Jefferson's writings are The Mall and Museums lery, Arts and Industries, Library of Congress of early printing. Exhibit Since then numerous • changes have been made to Botanic Gardens, First Street and Maryland Avenue, SW; Street between 9th and 10th Streets. 324-3447. grounds open daily at 6:30 a.m., buildings open 9 a.m. •I South Bank of Tidal Basin. carved. Surrounding the The Capitol to the Washing­ Hirshhorn Museum and 10 First Street, SE. Book­ halls are open Monday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guided tours are available. 225-8333 or Folger Shakespeare Library, 210 East Capitol Street, SE; to 4:30 p.m. daily. For further information call 232-7703. I Thomas Jefferson, besides memorial and the Tidal ton Monument. Rows of Sculpture Garden, Air and shelves 547 kilometers (340 through Friday from 8:30 the building, the symbol of stately elms mark the sweep the Federal Government. recorded message 225-7099. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily; closed Sunday in winter and Renwick Gallery, 17th and Pennsylvania, NW; 10 a.m. to being President of the Basin are cherry trees that Space, History and Tech­ miles) long are needed to a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Saturday, United States, was also a the city of Tokyo presented of the greensward that pre­ nology, Natural History and hold the items in the world s Sunday, and holidays from The Capitol is open 9 a.m. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 14th and C Streets, on holidays. 546-5370. 5:30 p.m. daily. 381-5811. gifted amateur architect, to the city of Washington in serves a key feature of the central Smithsonian largest library. Established 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Con­ to 4:30 p.m. daily but closed SW; 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, closed Frederick Douglass Home, 14th and W Streets, SE, 9 a.m. Rock Creek Park, Klingle Road to D.C. line and west of political thinker, and founder 1912. The trees burst into Pierre Charles L Enfant's Institution building. Smith­ in 1800, the Library was tinuous free guided tours Thanksgiving, Christmas, holidays. Continuous tours are conducted. 566-2000. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 16th Street, NW; Nature Center (Glover Road near of the University of Virginia. bloom in early- to mid-April, plan for the capital city sonian: open 10 a.m. to burned by the British during are conducted from 9 a.m. and New Year s Day. Tours Corcoran Gallery of Art, 17th Street and New York Saturday and Sunday. 889-1736. Military Road): 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through This memorial, dedicated on depending on the weather. executed in 1791. Footpaths 5:30 p.m. daily in winter. the War of 1812 and was to 8 p.m. Monday through start from the Rotunda every Avenue, NW; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Museum of African Art, 316 A Street, NE; 11 a.m. to 5 Sunday; Peirce Mill (Beach Drive and Tilden Street): April 13, 1943, the 200th Interpretive services are and bikeways, information 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in summer. started again in 1815 with Friday and from 9 a.m. to few minutes from 9 a.m. to 638-3211. p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Rock Creek anniversary of Jefferson's available from 8 a.m. to and map kiosks, and refresh­ 381-6270. National Gallery: about 6,500 volumes from 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, 3:45 p.m. Visitor passes to the House and Senate gal­ Decatur House, 748 Jackson Place, NW: 10 a.m. to and Sunday. 547-7424. Nature Center 426-6829. birth, was designed by the midnight all year. A wheel­ ment stands make the mall 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday Thomas Jefferson's personal and holidays. Regular architectural firm of John chair ramp and an interior an attractive place for out­ through Saturday, noon to collection. Originally de­ musical and literary pro­ leries may be obtained from 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday National Archives, Pennsylvania Avenue at 7th Street, U.S. Department of State, 2100 C Street, NW; reserva­ Russell Pope in the simple elevator are provided for the door activities. Buildings of 9 p.m. Sunday. 737-4215. signed as a research aid to grams are also part of the your representative or and Sunday. For information call the Wilson House. NW; Main exhibit hall: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through tions are necessary for tours at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., classic style admired by handicapped. 426-6841. major public interest border Congress, the Library s fa­ Library's services. A street- senator. A level entrance on 382-6876. Saturday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. 963-6411. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. 632-3241. Jefferson. Inside the both sides. Here are found cilities were later opened to level entrance is located the east front under the main Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover Build­ National Collection of Fine Arts, 7th and 9th and F and G Theodore Roosevelt Island, George Washington memorial is a 6-meter the Department of Argicul- scholars and the general under the front stairs and portico plus many interior ing, 10th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Streets, NW; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily, tours 10 a.m. to Memorial Parkway north of Roosevelt Bridge; 9:30 a.m. (19-foot) bronze statue of ture building, the National public. Its exhibition halls there are elevators inside ramps and elevators provide Monday through Friday. The last tour begins at 3:15; 3 p.m. daily. 628-4422. until sundown daily. 557-8991. Thomas Jefferson sculpted Gallery of Art, and seven contain some of the most for the handicapped. Call access forthe handicapped by Rudolph Evans. On the of the Smithsonian Institu­ treasured items of U.S. his­ 426-5458 for information on Wheelchairs may be bor­ interior walls four excerpts tion museums: Freer Gal­ tory and priceless examples tours. rowed. 224-3121.