It is interesting to walk in a neighborhood and notice the vintage charm and character…read more Logan Circle Park is the only circle park in Washington, D.C. that was designed by Pierre L'Enfant that actually has retained its original intent. L'Enfant was a major architect of the federal capital. He envisioned neighborhood circles as spaces that would serve as open spaces for public gatherings that would be surrounded by homes and communities. It was nice to be able to soak in the ambiance on a steamy summer morning walk in Washington, D.C.

We found ourselves walking through Logan Circle Park multiple times half of our stay in the…read moreNorthwestern part of the city during our recent trip to Washington D.C. There are quite a number of these small roundabout parks in D.C. that honors a historical figure with a statue. There are some benches to sit and rest surrounded by some passive green. We chilled here a few times after lunch at Bluestone Lane. This was late August when humidity was at its peak, where breaks from hoofing it around the city were necessary! The area is mainly residential, and this specific area seemed very tranquil and quiet during the day. It's a cute spot if you are in the area and on foot.

Perfect place to see the cherry blossoms without any tourists (besides me!)…read more Lovely park recommended by a local bookstore owner. Basically if you want to be left alone while still getting a quiet, uninterrupted view of the famous DC cherry trees, this is the place to be! Lots of benches, doggies playing fetch and the perfect light breeze to rain down cherry blossom petals every now and then. Idyllic really. And ten times better than heading to the national mall and watching people just be weird with their selfies haha. I promise I was not one of those people!

I walked this park for over a decade going to Peabody and…read moreStuart schools. Be careful crossing the confusing streets. The play- ground in west section is separated from the east section popular with dog owners. The National Park Service operates strict leash policy and poop rules. Cherry blossoms and Obama townhouse are legendary. Impeachment politics prevented Edwin Stanton from getting a statue. Instead General Greene points way to Capitol. My favorite example of L'Enfant's DC plan to include buildings, parks and street views.

When you come to this park what you get is a mixed bag of out-of-town visitors, groups of…read moreoccasional demonstrators, and mounds of homeless people. Not so many locals here that just come to hang out at the park. It's somewhat cleaner than most of the other parks around the city, and that's probably due to it"s proximity to the White House. So I don't really think this is a destination park. It is more like a meeting point where visitors congregate and then plan to circle back to once they an on leaving. I saw a couple of vendors selling over-priced hot dogs and soda, but nothing there of any major significance. I do believe it is safe though, as the entire area is teaming with secret service police. I will still roll through there on my bike, but I'm probably not going to plan a visit with the family.

A great park to see the White House from a different perspective. This is the closest to the White…read moreHouse you can get as well. Plenty of security of course and tends to be where protesters are always setting up. The park itself is nice with several monuments to see and open space to enjoy.

This is a smaller park to the west of Glover Archibald park. It's long and narrow in shape and has…read morea couple of trail paths - one lower along a creek (a small section of it has some big rocks) - and one higher with a slight bit of elevation. Mostly quite green with not very tall trees. People in the neighborhood who walk their dogs there tend to have them off leash. End to end from MacArthur Blvd to Nebraska Ave is 1.3 miles. Can get quite noisy with the sound of planes overhead coming and going from National Airport.

Once a Civil War defense protecting the city is now a public park with a small parking lot, trails,…read moreand hills used for winter sledding. In the mornings, dog walkers can be found along the trails. If you want a place to escape the city noise without leaving it, go to Battery Kemble Park.

Fort Lincoln Park is a fascinating place! It's on the Maryland-DC border in NE DC near the city's…read moreonly Costco. It's a large park with plenty of street parking nearby. They have benches, courts, and play areas throughout the park. They also have these large wooden huts connected by a network of wooden bridges. It's old, but such a unique park in DC. It's one of my favorites!

This is my absolute most favorite park for children in Washington DC…read more Ft. Lincoln Park (not to be confused with Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill) takes me back in time to my own childhood, before all the overprotection and padding of our current generation of kids. Here my boys (6 and 3) can challenge themselves and play with some "risk". The brick pyramid fort and the scrambling hill with concrete slides (oh how '70's) are the bomb. When we arrive, parking along Ft. Lincoln Drive or in the tennis court parking lot, we simply let them loose and don't bother them again for the next hour or so. We can leisurely walk under the beautiful Honey Locust trees and enjoy the amazing sunsets. There are benches on the grass and under the 5 open air structures, all with amazing trees. Bear in mind that the park was built in 1969 and clearly shows some wear. The trees have pushed up the bricks in many places, and the city has only maintained the landscaping at a minimum, but nevertheless this park has excellent character. If you are a overly protective helicopter parent (I know, you tell yourself you're not), then you will not like this place. Here kids can get scraped knees, fall down off brick structures, and rip up good clothes on the old concrete slides. BUT... if you are a parent that believes in challenging your children, and you have confidence in their ability to learn from navigating "risks" then this is a terrific place to bring the kids. ============== I'm including a link to this audio article with the idea that this park is a gem of times gone past. http://www.npr.org/2014/03/20/291922339/kids-these-days-growing-up-too-fast-or-never-at-all ============== Lastly, I want to make a prediction. To tell you the truth, Ft. Lincoln Park is nearly always quiet and deserted. I am forever wondering where are all the 5 million people in the DC metro area? I somewhat avoided writing this review for fear that I would open the floodgates, only to turn around and find the park filled with people clamoring to the city about the "dangers" of loose bricks and lack of rubber padding under all the stone and concrete play-spaces. THEN, after DC Government receives all these complaints about the park from the legions of overprotective parents, they will be forced to come in and destroy this historic space in favor of plastic slides and "protected" play areas. Let alone the loss of the beautiful old brick walkways to new "pavers' etc. I really do understand that if many people start frequenting the park, that improvements will need to be made. The question is, should the park be "restored" or "updated"? SO - I make you this appeal. Once you visit the park, ask yourself questions about what is best here. When we bring Ft. Lincoln Park into the 21st Century, should we "modernize" it to our current sensibilities, or "restore" it so we might learn something from this late 20th century experiment. SAVE FORT LINCOLN PARK! http://tclf.org/landscapes/fort-lincoln-park ---

Park inside of Fort Belvoir with a gazebo and view of Dogue Creek & the Potomac River. Beautiful…read morePark and views. They have a Children's park inside it along with wood & metal benches inside it. I walked here on a rainy day despite the strong rainfall in the morning and tornado warnings that day. Very peaceful walk. No one was at the playground. Quiet neighborhood.

The sign at stop #14 has been missing for years. The city had to recreate a new sign and it was…read morerecently replaced. Thanks to the city for replacing this marker!

We were pleasantly surprised by this greenway. The walkway is narrow and better suited for small…read moregroups and cyclists. There are several dangerous blind areas, and I wish the cyclists announced themselves more often. We'd still visit again.

I'm fairly sure that I have not explored this whole trail yet, but the portion of it that I have…read moreexplored was kind of wonderful. I really enjoy being out and being able to feel the breeze. On a hot day, walking in and out of the shadows of the trees was a welcomed treat as the hot breeze flowed by. The way the trail is set up is quite nice, wide, and enjoyable. I'm not sure where this trail actually starts and ends, but I feel like that segment that I walked would equate to an overall enjoyable trek to explore. I mean it doesn't hurt that it is near the water, and goes through some area where you can see a lot of things. It can come off as an open air museum as well with all the historic marks around it and memorials along the way. It's a good place to take your mind off things and let yourself disassociate.