Fresh air
Monuments, trails, kayak launches, and park loops. DC is greener than it looks.
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The most consequential set of steps in American history. Go at night.
Cherry blossom ground zero, Jefferson Memorial on the far side.
555 feet of marble obelisk. Ride to the top on a clear day.
Free live concerts on the Potomac all summer.
Sunday-morning ritual with the best prepared food in any DC market.
Farmers market, weekend arts & crafts, blueberry buckwheat pancakes.
15 miles from downtown and suddenly you are in a whitewater gorge.
Key Bridge Boathouse
Kayak the Potomac past the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Memorial, and Roosevelt Island.
Nats, half-smokes from Chesapeake, skyline views from the upper deck.
Central Park's older, wilder cousin. 1,700 acres in the middle of DC.
88 acres of forest in the middle of the Potomac. Free, quiet, perfect.
