National Mall and Memorial Parks
| National Mall and Memorial Parks | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Coordinates | 38°53′24″N 77°1′22″W / 38.89000°N 77.02278°WCoordinates: 38°53′24″N 77°1′22″W / 38.89000°N 77.02278°W[1] |
| Area |
6,546.92 acres (26.49 km2) 6,482.78 acres (26.23 km2) federal, (includes National Capital Parks-East) |
| Established | 1965 |
| Visitors | 29,721,005 (in 2013)[2] |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
National Mall and Memorial Parks (formerly known as National Capital Parks-Central) is an administrative unit of the National Park Service encompassing many national memorials and other areas in Washington, D.C. Federally owned and administered parks in the capital area date back to 1790, some of the oldest in the United States. In 1933, they were transferred to the control of the National Park Service. These parks were known as the National Capital Parks from their inception until 1965. The NPS now operates multiple park groupings in the D.C. area, including: National Capital Parks-East, Rock Creek Park, President's Park, and George Washington Memorial Parkway. National Mall and Memorial Parks also provides technical assistance for the United States Navy Memorial.
List of parks, memorials and monuments
- African American Civil War Memorial
- Constitution Gardens
- East Potomac Park
- Ford's Theatre National Historic Site - Also a part of Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site and Park
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
- George Mason Memorial
- John Ericsson National Memorial
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
- National Mall
- Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site and Park
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Washington Monument
- West Potomac Park
- World War II Memorial
There are also various squares, circles, triangles, memorials, and parks, including:[3]
- Albert Einstein Memorial
- Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain
- Benjamin Banneker Circle
- Columbus Circle
- Columbus Fountain - Union Station Plaza
- Daniel Webster Memorial
- Doctor John Witherspoon Statue
- Dupont Circle
- Edmund Burke Statue
- Edward J. Kelly Park
- Edward R. Murrow Park
- Farragut Square
- Franklin Square
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Memorial
- Holomodor Ukrainian Holocaust Memorial
- James Monroe Park
- Logan Circle
- Mahatma Gandhi Memorial
- Martin Luther Statue
- McPherson Square
- Memorial to Japanese-American Patriotism in World War II
- Milian Park
- Nuns of the Battlefield (Civil War Nurses Memorial)
- Pan American Annex grounds - located between Constitution & Virginia Avenues, NW and 18th & 19th Streets, NW
- Rawlins Park
- Rigo Walled Park
- Samuel Gompers Memorial
- Samuel Hahnemann Monument
- Scott Circle
- Seaton Park
- Sheridan Circle
- Southwest Waterfront Park (Titanic Memorial)
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
- Statues of the Liberators
- Taras Shevchenko Memorial
- Thomas Circle
- Victims of Communism Memorial
- Vincent R. Sombrotto Memorial Park
- Walt Whitman Park
- Washington Circle
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: National Mall
- ↑ "City Park Facts Report" (PDF). The Trust for Public Land. February 2014. p. 30. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ↑ "Reservation List: The Parks of the National Park System, Washington, DC" (PDF). www.nps.gov. National Park Service; Land Resources Program Center; National Capital Region. Retrieved 1 May 2016.