• Fort Washington

    Fort Washington

    Park Maryland

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Fort Washington Park
13551 Fort Washington Road
Fort Washington, Maryland 20744

Visitor Center 301-763-4600

Park fax- 301-763-1389


 

 

Did You Know?

The guns at Battery Decatur could hurl a shell seven miles.

Battery Decatur is named for Stephen Decatur. In 1804, Decatur led a small crew of sailors on a mission into Tripoli. The crew burned a US ship that had been captured by pirates and escaped without a loss of American life.