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Capitol Hill Parks

The Capitol Hill Parks include several park areas east of the U.S. Capitol. Included in this group are Folger, Lincoln, Stanton, and Marion Parks, the Eastern Market and Potomac Avenue Metro stations, and several smaller land parcels such as Seward Square, Twining Square, the Maryland Avenue Triangles, the Pennsylvania Avenue Medians, and 59 inner-city triangles and squares.

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Photos

Emancipation Group Memorial
Emancipation Group Memorial Statue
Sunlight streams through backlit trees illuminating a bicyclist on a sidewalk.
Lincoln Park
Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln standing over an enslaved man rising from kneeling.
Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park.
Stanton
Stanton Park
Folger
Folger Park
Bethune Memorial
Bethune Memorial in Lincoln Park across from Emancipation Group Memorial
Marion
Marion Park Playground
Bronze statue of Mary McLeod Bethune and a boy and girl.
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial, Lincoln Park.

Activities

  • Arts and Culture
  • Biking
  • Food
  • Picnicking
  • Flying
  • Guided Tours
  • Self-Guided Tours - Walking
  • Bus/Shuttle Guided Tour
  • Junior Ranger Program
  • Playground