Activities & Attractions
Getting There & Getting Around
We hope when you come to our wedding, you take some time to enjoy all the DC area has to offer. We encourage you to plan ahead with other guests to take advantage of some of the parks, museums, and monuments. To help you plan ahead, you will find a little information below about a few of our favorite spots in DC, Maryland and Virginia.
| Glen Echo Park,
Glen Echo, Maryland
This is where we will be going for the Friday Night Contra Dance. This park is also great for daytime visits with kids. It has a playground, a renovated carousel, Discovery Creek nature center, the Puppet Co., arts and crafts, and guided historic tours. Kid friendly. Car needed. Free. |
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Great Falls Park, Great Falls,
Virginia
Hiking trails along the river, magnificent falls, picnic and running-around areas, visitor's center with exhibits and tours. Kid friendly. Car needed. $5 per car fee. |
| Manassas Battlefield
Park,
Manassas, Virginia
Walk quietly in the sun and woods while following the path of Union and Confederate soldiers. Historic tours, a visitor's center, monuments and markers can turn this "hike in the country" into a moving experience. Good for kids who can handle long walks and historic monuments. Car needed. $3 for adults, free for kids. |
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National Botanical Gardens, National
Mall, Washington DC
Rooms full of herbs and orchids, light spilling through the arched glass walls and ceilings, banana and orange trees, mist and oxygen. This is a place for roaming and basking. Kid friendly. Metro accessible. Free. |
| National Building
Museum, downtown, Washington DC
Awesome museum featuring exhibits about building and community design and planning. Lots of hands-on stuff for kids, breathtaking open space with fountain and benches, and truly compelling exhibits. Kid friendly. Metro accessible. Free. |
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National Cathedral, Tenleytown,
Washington DC
Always features interesting exhibits. You can take a tour if you plan ahead. A must-see for anyone interested in big, gothic architecture. The organ is astounding. Not so great for little ones. Car needed. |
| National Mall, Washington
DC
Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Library of Congress, Supreme Court, WWII Memorial, Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, Korean War Memorial. . . You do not even need to set foot in a Smithsonian museum to have an extraordinary number of things to see. Don't try to see it all -- you'll wear yourself out! Kid friendly, if your kids can handle long walks and historic monuments. Mostly metro accessible; car/tour bus needed for some. Free. |
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Smithsonian Institution, National
Mall, Washington DC
So many museums. And the National Museum of the American Indian just opened, so now you'll find even more to explore. Do not try to cover everything, or you'll just become frustrated. Plan ahead, and just enjoy one or two museums fully. Mostly kid friendly. Metro accessible. Free. |
| Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Center, near
Dulles Airport, Virginia
For the air and space enthusiast. The place is a hangar full of planes, gliders, missiles, spacecraft, and all sorts of interesting exhibits about flight. IMAX theater, flight simulator, and observation deck can make this a full-day affair. Kid friendly. Car needed. Free, but parking is $12. |
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