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* Rock Creek Park: A 1700-acre wilderness park set directly in the city. |
* Rock Creek Park: A 1700-acre wilderness park set directly in the city. |
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** National Zoo. A zoo, but this one is run by the Smithsonian, so it's free. Located in Rock Creek Park, so it's basically situated on the side of a ravine. Has a bit of a Panda obsession ever since Nixon went to China and brought back some. Orangutans use overhead walkways to commute between their home and the Ape House. |
** National Zoo. A zoo, but this one is run by the Smithsonian, so it's free. Located in Rock Creek Park, so it's basically situated on the side of a ravine. Has a bit of a Panda obsession ever since Nixon went to China and brought back some. Orangutans use overhead walkways to commute between their home and the Ape House. |
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** [http://bikewashington.org/canal/canal_a.php The C&O Canal Park]: A 400-''mile'' off-road [http://atatrail.org historical trail] going through Georgetown from Rock Creek Park all the way to [[Pittsburgh]], PA through the Appalachian [http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/affordableamerica/2009-10-08-great-allegheny-passage_N.htm mountains] as a [http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/travel/escapes/23passage.html bike path] and [http://bikewashington.org/canal canal towpath]. Follows the Potomac River. Goes past Great Falls National Park and Civil War battlefields. |
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131018090858/http://bikewashington.org/canal/canal_a.php The C&O Canal Park]: A 400-''mile'' off-road [http://atatrail.org historical trail] going through Georgetown from Rock Creek Park all the way to [[Pittsburgh]], PA through the Appalachian [http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/affordableamerica/2009-10-08-great-allegheny-passage_N.htm mountains] as a [http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/travel/escapes/23passage.html bike path] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019201157/http://bikewashington.org/canal/ canal towpath]. Follows the Potomac River. Goes past Great Falls National Park and Civil War battlefields. |
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* The Fourth of July is the biggest one-day event in Washington, which used to featue (ahem) smoke-ins and cookouts on the Mall before they [[Nostalgia Filter|cracked down on tailgating]]. |
* The Fourth of July is the biggest one-day event in Washington, which used to featue (ahem) smoke-ins and cookouts on the Mall before they [[Nostalgia Filter|cracked down on tailgating]]. |
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* Out in the Virginia suburbs of Prince William County, those interested in the [[American Civil War]] can visit the Manassas National Battlefield Park, site of the First (1861) and Second (1862) Battles of Bull Run (a creek running through the area; Manassas is the town immediately south of the battlefield). |
* Out in the Virginia suburbs of Prince William County, those interested in the [[American Civil War]] can visit the Manassas National Battlefield Park, site of the First (1861) and Second (1862) Battles of Bull Run (a creek running through the area; Manassas is the town immediately south of the battlefield). |
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