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Common views & destinations along DC’s historic waterways
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The area’s waterfront Sights are numerous & diverse.
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Full(er) List of Sights
A longer (but never complete) collection of destinations and sights accessible or visible from our private boats…
Monuments & Memorials:
Washington Monument
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Lincoln Monument
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Arlington National Cemetery & the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Air Force Memorial
Navy Merchant Marine Memorial
Titanic Memorial
John Ericsson Memorial
Waterfront communities:
Old Town, Alexandria, VA
Georgetown, Northwest DC
DC Wharf, Southwest DC
The Yards, Southeast DC
National Harbor, Oxon Hill MD
Arlington/Rosslyn, Virginia
Mount Vernon, Virginia
Historic Occoquan, Virginia
Significant Buildings & Commercial sites:
United States Capitol
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Pentagon
Fort Washington
The Library of Congress
Washington National Airport
Georgetown University
Swedish Embassy
The Watergate Complex
Torpedo Factory
Washington Nationals Baseball Stadium
Audi Field — DC United Soccer Stadium
National War College Building
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Jones Point Lighthouse
The Capital (Ferris) Wheel
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
MGM Casino & Hotel
George Washington’s Mount Vernon
George Washington’s Farm House
Bridges:
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Francis Scott Key Bridge
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge
Arland D. Williams, Jr. Memorial Bridge
Rochambeau Bridge
Woodrow Wilson Bridge (Interstate 495)
John Philip Sousa Bridge
Parks & nature:
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Georgetown Waterfront Park
Three Sisters Islands
East Potomac Park & Hains Point
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove
Lady Bird Johnson Park
Gravelly Point
Jones Point Park & Lighthouse
Anacostia Park
Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
Mattawoman Creek
Military Related:
Fort Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington Navy Yard
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling
Fort Lesley J. McNair & Fort McNair Officers Club
The National War College Building
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Torpedo Factory (now an art center)
Rivers, Creeks & Channels:
Potomac River
Anacostia River
Washington Channel
Piscataway Creek (Fort Washington)
Belmont Bay
Occoquan River
Mattawoman Creek
Misc:
Ghost Ships of Mallows Bay