This park is a special hidden jewel in Bloomingdale. It is a private park maintained by neighbors…read moreand nestled behind a city block of houses surrounded by ally. It has beautiful landscaping and a number of community events including holiday lights, a community yard sale with food, entertainment and contests. Their is a movie series in the fall and other special events like Pride in the park which brings in thousands of dollars a year for maintenance upkeep and improvements. Bring a blanket and a frisbee and a friendly dog and hang out.

Crispus Attucks Park is a true neighborhood park. It's in Bloomingdale surrounded by rowhomes. If…read moreyou didn't know it was there, you'd easily miss it. Once inside, you'll see a large green space with benches, gardens, and a space for dogs. They sometimes host neighborhood events as well. One of my favorite parts of this park is the guestbook under one of the benches for visitors to sign and share wisdom/thoughts.

A lot has changed since my last review and I've been meaning to update for a couple of years. The…read morepark has had an incredible makeover. It's a pleasant area for eating lunch and/or people watching. Lots of events held here. Lovely and serene urban green space.

I love this park! Plenty of walking paths, benches, and a cute playground for kids to play. It is…read morewell maintained and pretty accessible by metro. There is the right amount of greenery and the perfect place to have picnic. There are also tables to sit at if you want to enjoy your meal

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 ---

I have been coming to this park for awhile. It is a grassy oasis away from the city and the masses…read more It is mainly inhabited by the locals of the area who bring their kids here for the playground, tennis players, and to toss the ball around for the dog. You have a couple of well educated homeless people who stay here too, but unfortunately they fell on hard times and find it to be safer here than the shelters. If you run into Kathleen, she'll tell you about her Irish heritage and her performing arts degree from Catholic U and GW. Nice lady... she just talks and talks and talks. You're going to have a couple of trails around here that are good for an easy to moderate work out depending on your level. Wear comfortable shoes since they have some off a beaten bath off the main paved road. As far as the kids park, it is quaint and simple. It is gated so the youngsters won't make their great escape while you're typing away at your phone. This seemed to be the case every time I go over there. They have swings for both toddlers and older kids. Indoor handicap accessible bathrooms are on-site next to the entrance of the park next to Oak Hill Cemetery. This is what I'd consider a Victorian era park. It was established about that time and still reflects a beauty of that era that will never escape it.

In the north end of Georgetown is a large park that was once the estate of a ropemaker. He let…read moreneighbors picnic on his property and that legacy remains. The park became a public park in 1911. Today, it's a large park with grassy areas with picnic tables, a playground, tennis courts and trails. One trail connects to those found in nearby Dumbarton Oaks Park, a public park behind Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

This park is pretty interesting. It's more like a half-block wide street median with greenery and…read moresculptures. I love it. The northern most end has the most park vibe to it. There's grass and pretty flowers and an interesting water feature that I wish I saw a sign to describe/explain it. The middle section is more pretty flowers and some grass, with more sculptures (and people LARP-ing if you're interested in watching them.) The southern most section is less of a park and more of a large in ground fountain/water feature with seating and places to eat. Our hotel was a minute walk away, so we walked through Canal Park a lot and we really enjoyed the simple respite from city life.

At ice skating rink lady with brown curly hair was very nice, she let my kids go on the ice 10…read moreminutes before closing,when we left she was making sure we didn't leave so she could go home, she was making sure they just didn't want to skate anymore. i would leave 10 stars but i can only leave 5, highly recommended this place

I grew up around neighborhood parks, but I don't remember them ever feeling quite like Walter…read morePierce Park. There's something about this park that genuinely captures the community around it. What I love most is how completely it changes depending on the hour. Early in the morning, there might be a workout group getting started--or, occasionally, someone asleep on a bench who perhaps did not quite make it home the night before. A few hours later, delivery drivers are taking a well-earned break. In the afternoons, there are families and kids, especially after school and throughout the summer. There's a regular afternoon cigar smoker. I've walked through yoga classes, watched pickup basketball games, and seen the big field transformed for Little League, soccer, and football. By evening, people are sometimes sitting outside having what looks like a little dinner party. It just ebbs and flows with the neighborhood. There's a dog park, although my dog is far more interested in the apparently exceptional sniffing opportunities throughout the rest of the park. And honestly, simply walking through is one of my favorite parts of living nearby because there's always some tiny slice of neighborhood life happening. Walter Pierce Park isn't particularly grand or elaborate, and I think that's exactly why it works so well. It just quietly becomes whatever the neighborhood needs it to be at that particular hour. To me, that's exactly what a neighborhood park should be.

This is a small park with a lot going on inside. Walter C Pierce Community Park is the definition…read moreof a community park. It has something for anyone. Lots of athletic areas for those looking to play a game. You can also enjoy the dog park. It seems most people like to bring a dog. It has one of the largest dog parked around here. The area is large but it feels smaller because of all the dogs and people there. If you don't have a dog you can still enjoy the athletic facilities. There's a few basketball and tennis courts, which always seem to be in use. It's not the nicest park, but it will do for some outdoor activity. Most dog owners are courteous but many aren't. Try going at not as busy times.

After everything that has happened in the last year and moving to the area recently I found myself…read morea bit lonely and too into my own thoughts. I needed to find a place to give me an escape and some peace of mind. I needed to clear my head and just be out with people (which is rare for me, I usually don't like doing that alone). I was already out for the day and decided instead of doing the mundane thing of going home and sit by myself I would find a place to park and take a stroll in a park. Unluckily for me, I chose to do this on one of the busiest days for the parks in the DC area. I decided during the hype of Cherry Blossom Festival I needed to go to a park. I'll be honest, I cussed myself out several times because of this, but mostly because I couldn't find anywhere to park. I circled (very big circles, if you know what I mean) until I found a spot. I ended up a few blocks up, but was able to get here with a short walk. Once here, it was a wonderland to walk through, or maybe I was thinking that I was playing Animal Crossing in real life with the cherry blossoms constantly falling around me...I didn't have my net. I will be honest with you. I stayed off the beaten path for a majority of this. It is less congested to walk about and you really get some really great pictures by doing so. You also have to duck out of the way of a lot of people's pictures too, but the walk was well worth it. I ended up walking for hours that day. Circling back and doing it all over again. It helped me clear my head and I did find my peace of mind. I honestly felt better after coming here. I don't know if it was the constant hum of everybody excited to get their insta pic, or if the vibe was just right for everyone. This is really a great place to escape just a little bit. In my near future I can see myself just coming here to chill out for a little bit. And how about that. This makes review no.: 3,000 Wow!

This park is huge and right across the street from the National Mall. It covers over 390 acres and…read moredates back to the 1890s. There is a lot of metered street parking available for the park. The park also borders the FDR memorial. The Potomac River an the Tidal Basin runs along the park. The park has many benches that look out to the water and there are about 5 or 6 baseball fields that are in the park, but none of them can be used for organized sports. There is also lots of open fields on the side of the park opposite the water. The park is beautiful and well maintained. It is always a very busy park, especially on nice days. There are joggers, walkers, bicyclists and dog walkers all through the park. Be careful walking because the bikers are on a mission and do not know that pedestrians have the right of way. I really like this park. It has a lot going on and the Cherry Blossoms were in full bloom during my visit. It was gorgeous. If you are looking for a place to take a break during your aggressive DC sight seeing, this is the spot.

I loved visiting Volta park during a recent week-long stay in Georgetown…read more Residing at a nearby VRBO, I brought my 10 year-old hoop-loving kid to Volta Park daily to get some air and play basketball. Sometimes I played basketball with him, other times I relaxed at a table nearby and watched the "happenings" in the park. Lots of kids, dogs (and owners), a recreation center for children, tennis courts, grassy fields, a swimming pool and lots of nice plants & trees. Volta is really a lovely neighborhood park. I particularly enjoyed watching the recreation center hold a soccer class on the basketball courts for ~3-4 year-olds. The rec leader was awesome - very encouraging, positive while teaching the kids the basics - what a nice guy. In all, my kid LOVED the basketball courts and we had an awesome time at the park. 5 stars

This park is always lively and has a large green space, plus pools, tennis courts, and a mini…read morebaseball field. My only complaint is that there are always tons of gnats and mosquitos, so whenever it starts to get too warm I prefer heading to Rose Park, also I'm Georgetown, for the same benefits but less bugs.