Parks and Gardens in Washington, D.C.

More than 27% of Washington’s land space is national parkland. When you add in the parks and gardens maintained by the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation, as well as private estates that are open to the public, you’re talking thousands and thousands of green acres!

See the following pages for information about:

Potomac Park, Rock Creek Park, Theodore Roosevelt Island Park, and Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park.