HISTORIC D.C. MALL HIKE SATELLITE VIEW OF HIKE 2 Waypoints with bathroom facilities are in to start or end the hike and is highly the left (south side) far sidewalk until you ITALIC. Temporary changes or notes are recommended. The line for the tour can see a small white dome a third of the way in bold. be pretty long. If it’s too long when you and 300 feet to the south. Head to that first go by, plan to include it towards the dome. BEGINNING THE HIKE end of the day. Parking can be quite a challenge. It is OR recommended to park in a garage and GPS Start Point: take public transportation to reach The 27°36’52.54”N 82°44’6.39”W Head south of the WWII Memorial Mall. until you see a parking area and a small Challenge title building. Follow the path past the bus Union Station is a great place to find Circle Up! loading area and then head east. About parking and the building itself is a must 2300 feet to the left will be a small white see! The address is: 50 Massachusetts Challenge description domed structure. Head towards it. Avenue NE. Parking costs under $20 How many flagpoles surround the per car. For youth groups, take the Metro base of the Washington Monument? GPS to next waypoint since that can be a new and interesting _____________________________ 38°53’15.28”N 77° 2’36.50”W experience for them. The station you want is Metro Center station. Get off and switch Directions to next waypoint Note: There was construction around to the blue or orange line and go to the Head west to the World War II Memorial. the Reflecting Pool in 2012. Traffic Smithsonian station. City Center Parking patterns and walking routes have been on New York Ave. and 9th street is also GPS to next waypoint altered. a good alternative. Parking there is $10 38°53’21.93”N 77° 2’25.66”W for the day. Take the Metro’s green line to WAYPOINT 3 L’Enfant Plaza, then the blue line to the Note: to the SSE of the Washington Smithsonian station. Monument is the Holocaust Museum. DIstrIct OF ColumBIA WAR Due to the somber experience, it is MEmorIAL The start point for the hike is the recommended for youth groups that This small memorial is dedicated to Washington Monument. To get there are older and have already seen D.C. the 499 residents of the District of from the Metro station, head west on Columbia that gave their lives during Independence Ave. until you see the the conflict. In 2011, it was renovated and monument to the NW. It’s hard to miss. WAYPOINT 2 dedicated as a national monument to NatiONAL WORLD WAR II all the soldiers of WWI. Over 5 million GPS Start Point: MEMORIAL Americans served in WWI. This conflict 38°53’22.05”N 77° 2’6.37”W The WWII Memorial opened in 2004. marked the first time U.S. forces went It honors the 16 million people that overseas to defend foreign nations WAYPOINT 1 served in the armed forces during World against aggression. War II and the millions of Americans WASHINGTON MONUMENT that supported the effort at home. The Challenge title Construction started on the Washington memorial was funded with mostly private Friends in Freedom Monument in 1848 and was completed in donations. 1884. It’s the world’s tallest stone structure Challenge description at 555 ft. When completed, it was the Challenge title What is the animal portrayed world’s tallest structure until 1889, when A Nation Conceived in Liberty and Justice in the center of the monument? a certain famous steel tower in Paris was ___________________________ built. Challenge description Who was the President of the United See those people lined up? The tour of the Directions to next waypoint States when the World War II Memorial from the WWI Washington Monument takes 30 minutes Continue south opened? _____________________________ Memorial to the sidewalk along and is open from 9:00am - 10:00pm. Independence Avenue and The tour and the elevator trip to the top head Directions to next waypoint until you see the are well worth the wait. It’s a great way right (west) Walk towards the Lincoln Memorial on crosswalk heading to the south. Cross DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HIKE 2 Independence Avenue and head French Dr. until you see a path to the towards the MLK Memorial. right; go down that path. Challenge description Climb the steps up to the inside of the GPS to next waypoint GPS to next waypoint temple where the statue of Lincoln is 38°53’10.46”N 77° 2’39.24”W 38°53’15.85”N 77° 2’50.69”W located. Lincoln’s words are engraved on the north and south walls. How many NOTE: There was construction in this WAYPOINT 5 carved stone eagles are on these two walls? area as of summer 2012. _____________________________ KorEAN WAR VETERANS WAYPOINT 4 MEmorIAL Directions to next waypoint The Korean War Veterans Memorial Walk down the steps, and out towards the MartIN LutHER KING, JR. opened in 1995, the 42nd year Reflecting Pool. Thenhead northeast to MEmorIAL anniversary of the armistice. The statues the Vietnam Memorial. In 2011, the Martin Luther King, Jr. of the squad soldiers are quite moving. Memorial opened. It was the first memorial The Korean War was fought from 1950- GPS to next waypoint on or near The Mall dedicated to an 1953 between the Communist North and 38°53’25.91”N 77° 2’53.46”W African American. It’s also one of only four the Democratic South. dedications honoring non-presidents in the WAYPOINT 7 National Mall. Take some time here to read Challenge title the inspiring inscriptions. The Price of Freedom VIETNam VETERANS MEmorIAL Look behind the MLK Memorial to the Challenge description The Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors water; this is called the Tidal Basin. Across The granite wall contains a simple U.S. service members who fought in the basin is the Jefferson Memorial. four word phrase near the flagpole, what the Vietnam War, service members is it? who died in service in Vietnam/South SPUR: If you head south from the MLK _____________________________ East Asia and those service members Memorial along the Tidal Basin you will who were unaccounted for (Missing In see the FDR Memorial. Continuing around GPS to next waypoint Action) during the war. Its construction the Tidal Basin, you will come to the 27°37’0.39”N 82°44’9.56”W and related issues have been the source Jefferson Memorial. These two monuments of controversies, some of which have are impressive, especially the Jefferson resulted in additions to the memorial Memorial. Please note, this spur adds a total WAYPOINT 6 complex. The memorial currently of 1.5 miles round trip. Allow for additional LINCOLN MEMORIAL consists of three separate parts: the time to walk around and explore these two Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam This stunning building opened in 1922 impressive monuments. Women’s Memorial and the Vietnam after eight years of construction. The Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the statue of Lincoln inside is 19 feet tall. The Challenge title best-known part of the memorial. Stone of Hope inside is as impressive as the exterior. It was on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial Challenge title in 1963 where Martin Luther King, Jr. Challenge description Those Who Served gave his famous speech. The reflecting In the words of Dr. Martin Luther pool was built in 1923 following the King, Jr., what is “the only thing Challenge description dedication of the Lincoln Memorial. It’s that can drive out darkness”? Near the Three Soldiers statue is a 2029 feet by 167 feet and only 18 inches _____________________________ flagpole. At the base of the flag are deep. plaques representing the five branches of the U.S. military who served in SPUR: As you are facing the Lincoln Directions to next waypoint Vietnam. They are the Army, Navy, Air Memorial on the left side there is a small Head west in the direction of the Lincoln Force and which two other branches? exhibit that is well worth visiting. Memorial until you see a crosswalk about _____________________________ 800 feet from the MLK Memorial. Cross Challenge title _____________________________ Independence Ave. and turn down Daniel Enshrined Forever DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HIKE 3 Directions to next waypoint Challenge description Challenge description Head east through the Constitution In World War I, the 1st Infantry Division On the grass surrounding the statue of Gardens. If you go to the left of the lake, was part of the American Andrew Jackson are four weapons. What you can walk over to the island and see _____________________________. are they? the memorial of the 56 signers of the _____________________________ Constitution. Continue east until you Directions to next waypoint _____________________________ leave the gardens, and come to 17th Street. Go back to 17th Street and head right _____________________________ Head left (north) on 17th Street crossing (north) one block to Pennsylvania Ave. Turn _____________________________ Constitution Avenue. As you walk north right onto Pennsylvania Avenue. (You’ll on 17th Street, on the left side of the street walk in front of the White House soon - so BONUS QUESTION: Near the Statue you’ll see Memorial Continental Hall, a don’t worry.) is the Baruch Bench of Inspiration. venue for performances and events. Past According to the plaque, what is Mr. that you’ll see the headquarters for the GPS to next waypoint Baruch’s philosophy? American Red Cross and the Concoran 38°53’55.48”N 77° 2’20.93”W College of Art with its reclining lions.