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National Capital Parks - East (District of Columbia, Maryland)

7/25/1997 Fort Washington Park After a walk around here, continued up the river a bit to Fort Foote (NPS - National Capital Region). Here were just the remains of a fortification, part of the circle of forts around Washington. All that is left is the two huge (49000 pound) guns sitting in the woods. [both longer listed in NCP-E]

The park sign
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Cannon one ...
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... and cannon two
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4/6/2006 Rode the length of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (NPS)[National Capital Parks – East][DC, MD] then over to Potomac Park and parked near the Jefferson Memorial.

The sign while driving by...
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2/15/2009 Up into DC, and got on the Suitland Parkway [National Capital Parks – East][DC, MD](the whole length) before continuing on I95.

The sign from the car...
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9/25/2021 Heading across the river, I then stopped at Oxon Cove Farm, part of the NPS National Capital Parks - East [DC]. Here I took a pleasant stroll around - the site includes the Mount Welby home, farm museum, barns, a stable, feed building, livestock buildings and a visitor activity barn, along with farm animals including cows, horses and chickens. Lots of families were out enjoying the beautiful day. Onwards into Fort Washington where I pulled off into a tiny overgrown pullout to park for Harmony Hall, also part of National Capital Parks - East [MD]. Harmony Hall is a 2 1⁄2-story Georgian country house built of red brick during the eighteenth century, surrounded by 65 acres of land on Broad Creek, a Potomac River tributary. A little walk to the old mansion for some photos, and back on the road ... Heading back north into DC, I ran into annoying traffic, and, after some circling, parked at Anacostia Park at the Recreation Center, also in National Capital Parks – East [DC]. I had pictured more here; it was pretty much just a long strip of grassy area running along the Anacostia River.

Oxon Cove sign
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A view from the walk in
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Barn area
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Farm "mansion" ...
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... with some info
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One more view
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Harmony Hall funky parking ...
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... and sign
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A view of the Hall ...
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... and with me
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One more shot from the front
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Anacostia Park Rec Center
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A look along the park ...
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... and across the river
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5/28/2022 I went back into DC and parked on one side of Fort Dupont Park (in National Capital Parks – East) to see the site of the fort. The fort was one of several designed to defend Washington from a Confederate attack during the Civil War. There was really nothing there but some nature trails and a few informative signs.

A general park sign
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I am indeed
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Just some paths ...
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... in the woods
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Some more signage
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A rock ...
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... with a plaque
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The area of the fort?
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