Complete information about visiting the George Washington Memorial Parkway is now on National Park Planner!
While the George Washington Memorial Parkway is not the Blue Ridge Parkway, the typical traveler’s idea of what a parkway should be, it does connect with many of the historic sites and parks along the west bank of the Potomac River. The Parkway runs mainly through the state of Virginia, with a short side trip into Washington D. C. across Lady Bird Johnson Park (formerly called Columbia Island). It begins at I-495 to the north and runs south all the way to Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington.
In 1932, the first section of the Parkway was completed, a stretch that ran from Arlington Memorial Bridge to Mount Vernon. The northern section was constructed in the 1950s and 1960s. The final segment ran out to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on Lady Bird Johnson Park and was completed in 1974. Overall, the Parkway runs for 25 miles.
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Last updated on March 23, 2019
