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Alexandria Waterfront (DC waters)
Anacostia Park
Anacostia Park West - Poplar Point
Anacostia Riverwalk Trail--Navy Yard
Barnard Hill Park
Battery Kemble Park
Broad Branch Stream Park
Buzzard Point Park - Matthew Henson Earth Conservation Center
C&O Canal--Chain Bridge
C&O Canal--Fletcher's Cove (Fletcher's Boathouse)
C&O Canal--Locks 1-4
C&O Canal--Potomac Boat Club
Cleveland Park
Cmdre. Joshua Barney Dr. marsh
Congressional Cemetery
Constitution Gardens and Reflecting Pool
Crispus Attucks Park
Dalecarlia Reservoir - DC portion
District Wharf - Gangplank Marina
Dumbarton Oaks Park
East Potomac Park--Hains Pt.
Fort Bayard Park
Fort Bunker Hill Park
Fort Circle Parks
Fort Dupont Park
Fort Dupont Park--earthworks
Fort Reno
Fort Slocum Park
Fort Totten Park
Franciscan Monastery Garden
Franklin Park
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Garfield Park
Georgetown Reservoir
Georgetown Waterfront Park
Glenwood Cemetery
Glover Park
Glover Park Community Garden
Glover-Archbold Park--North end
Gravelly Point (DC waters)
Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Hillwood Estate (entry fee)
Howard University campus
Jones Point Park (DC waters)
Kalorama Park
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kingman Island North - Langston Golf Course
Kingman Island South - Kingman Lake/Heritage Island
Klingle Valley Trail
LBJ Memorial Grove - Columbia Island Marina
Lady Bird Johnson Park/Columbia Island
Lafayette Park
Lincoln Park
Linnean Park
McMillan Res. Grasslands
McMillan Reservoir
Meridian Hill Park
Mitchell Park - Spanish Steps
Montrose Park
National Arboretum
National Arboretum--Asian Collection
National Arboretum--Azalea Collection and Mt. Hamilton
National Arboretum--Fern Valley
National Arboretum--Grove of State Trees
National Arboretum--Valley Road
National Cathedral--Bishop's Garden & Olmsted Woods
National Mall
National Museum of the American Indian
National Zoological Park
Nationals Park
Naval Research Lab
Palisades Park
Pinehurst Parkway Park
Piney Branch Trail--Park Rd. - 17th St. NW
Pope Branch Park
Potomac River Overlook
RFK Stadium Parking Lot
Reservation 630 Park (formerly Melvin Hazen Park)
River Terrace Park, Anacostia
Rock Creek Cemetery
Rock Creek Golf Course
Rock Creek Park
Rock Creek Park -- Conn. Ave. to National Zoo
Rock Creek Park Community Garden
Rock Creek Park Trail - Q St. NW
Rock Creek Park--Beach Drive - Park Rd.
Rock Creek Park--Carter Barron area
Rock Creek Park--Dog Run
Rock Creek Park--Fort DeRussy
Rock Creek Park--Klingle Mansion
Rock Creek Park--Maintenance Yard
Rock Creek Park--Mass. Ave. - Conn. Ave.
Rock Creek Park--Nature Center area
Rock Creek Park--Peirce Mill
Rock Creek Park--Pinehurst Branch Trail
Rock Creek Park--Rapids Bridge area
Rock Creek Park--Reservation 630 (formerly Melvin C. Hazen) Trail
Rock Creek Park--Ross Drive
Rock Creek Park--Sherrill Drive
Rock Creek Park--The Ridge
Rock Creek Park--Valley-Pine-Holly loop.
Rock Creek Park--West End
Rock Creek Park--Western Ridge Trail
Rock Creek Park--Western Ridge Trail
Rock Creek Park--upper Beach Drive
Senate Parks and Taft Memorial
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Pollinator Garden
Soapstone Valley Park
South Capitol St. Bridge
Southwest Duck Pond
Southwest Waterfront Park
Spring Valley Park
The Catholic University of America
The Ellipse
The Field School
The White House
The Yards Park
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Theodore Roosevelt Island -- Swamp Trail and east side of island
Thompson Boat Center
Three Sisters Islands
Tide Lock Park (DC waters)
Tregaron Conservancy
U. S. Capitol Grounds
U.S. Botanic Garden and Bartholdi Park
Walter Pierce Park
Wangari Gardens
Washington Hilton (NAOC 2016)
Washington Sailing Marina (DC waters)
West Potomac Park--Tidal Basin
Whitehaven Park

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