Alt Text Map of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, which travels through Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia. The parkway is indicated with a red line to the west of the Potomac River, which is represented in blue. The surrounding areas are tan. Extended Description About a hundred sites, features, and parks are labeled. This description will move from north to south to focus on sites on and near the George Washington Memorial Parkway as it moves through first Maryland and then Virginia. Maryland Great Falls Park, which has telephones, food service, picnic areas, and hiking, is in the top left corner of the map south of Chesapeke and Ohio, or C&O, Canal National Historical Park. The latter curves southeast to where the Clara Barton Parkway, which runs along the northern edge of the Potomac River past the Clara Barton National Historic Site and Glen Echo Park, which has a telephone, food service, and picnic areas. The Clara Barton Parkway ends at Chain Bridge after it crosses the border into Washington, DC. The George Washington Memorial Parkway branches off Interstate 495, which runs north-south through Maryland, and continues east and then southeast. It passes first through Turkey Run Park, which has picnic areas and hiking, and past Parkway Headquarters, Claude Moore Colonial Farm with picnic areas, and Fort Marcy before crossing a gray line labeled Historic District of Columbia boundary into Virginia. Virginia The parkway in Virginia is about four times the length of the leg in Maryland. The first quarter of the parkway in Virginia passes by Spout Run Parkway, Theodore Roosevelt Island, which has hiking, the US Marine Corps War Memorial, Netherlands Carillon, Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Women in Military Service for America Memorial, and Lady Bird Johnson Park, and through the Arlington National Cemetery. The second quarter of the parkway in Virginia passes the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, which has picnic areas; Columbia Island Marina, which has telephones, food service, picnic areas, and a boat ramp; Navy and Marine Memorial; Gravelly Point, which has telephones, a boat ramp, and hiking; Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary; and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The Anacostia River joins the Potomac River in this area. The next leg of the parkway passes the Washington Sailing Marina, which has telephones, food service, sailing, and a boat ramp, and Daingerfield Island, which has picnic areas and hiking. The parkway becomes Washington Street as it crosses through a grid of streets in the City of Alexandria. Beyond Alexandria, the southernmost quarter of the parkway passes the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge; Jones Point Lighthouse, which has picnic areas; Bell Haven Park with telephones, picnic areas, and hiking; Belle Haven Marina with sailing and a boat ramp; Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve with hiking; Alexandria Avenue Bridge (Stone Bridge), Collingwood Picnic Area; Fort Hunt Park with telephones, picnic areas, and hiking; and Riverside Park, also with telephones, picnic areas, and hiking. The parkway ends at Mount Vernon Estates and Gardens, which has telephones and food service. The locations of nine Metro stations are marked with an M symbol along the parkway, mostly between Arlington National Cemetery and the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge. The Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail parallels the parkway from the north of Turkey Run Park to the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge, which is just north of the Arlington National Cemetery. The Mount Vernon Trail picks up there and ends in Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens. Washington, DC The Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge crosses the river north of Theodore Roosevelt Island to connect Virginia and Washington, DC. The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge crosses the river to the south of the island. Farther south, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects Arlington National Cemetery with the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and US Capitol in Washington, DC. Highways Interstate 495 creates a half circle through Maryland and Virginia around Washington, DC to the east. State Routes 193, 738, 267, 7, 123, 627, and 235, US Routes 50 and 1, and Interstates 95 and 395 intersect, parallel, or feed the major highways and the parkway to the east of the Potomac River. State Route 210, US Route 50, and Interstates 95, 295, 395, and 495 travel to the west of the Potomac River. Legend A legend in the lower left corner of the map has symbols for Telephone, Food service, Picnic area, Sailing, Boat ramp, Hiking, and Metro stations. The legend continues as follows: Green for George Washington Memorial Parkway property, Red line with a red half-circle for Parkway overlook, pullout, or parking lot, Dashed black line for Mount Vernon Trail, and Dashed blue line for Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (no bicycles allowed). A scale measuring 1 and 4 kilometers and 1 and 4 miles is below.