Theodore Roosevelt Presidential LibraryPublic Lands Directory

Alerts and conditions

All clear. The managing agency, the National Weather Service and wildfire reporting show no current alerts.

Overview

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.

From the National Park Service

History

The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.

What to see and do

Activities

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

Plan your visit

Hours

Capitol Hill Parks: Open: 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily

Folger Park: Open: 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily

Lincoln Park: Open: 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily

Marion Park: Open: 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily

Stanton Park: Open: 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily

Weather

Winter: Temperatures usually range from 30 to 50 F. There is occasional snow. Spring: Temperatures usually range widely from 40 to 70 F. Rain is common. Summer: Temperatures usually range from 70 to 90 F. Humidity is usually high. Be prepared and drink plenty of water. There is a water fountain in the visitor center. Fall: Temperatures usually range widely from 40 to 70 F. Humidity can remain high in the earlier part of the season.

Phone: 771-208-1453

Whose lands these are

These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.

Photos

Sunlight streams through backlit trees illuminating a bicyclist on a sidewalk.
Lincoln Park · NPS / Claire Hassler
Bronze statue of Mary McLeod Bethune and a boy and girl.
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial · NPS / Claire Hassler

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