Things To Do

As community-based parks in the Capitol Hill area, the Capitol Hill Parks serve as leisure-time recreation facilities, greenways, and parking areas.

The larger parks, especially Lincoln and Stanton, provide the setting for many special events and First Amendment commemorative activities, which attract thousands of visitors.

An annual wreath-laying activity commemorating the birthday of Mary McLeod Bethune is sponsored by National Capital Parks—East (organized by the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site) and the National Council of Negro Women.

Tours are provided upon request.

Estimated recreation and transient visits to Capitol Hill Parks number from 700,000 to 1 million annually.

Bicycle Use

Bicycle Use

Bicycle use is permitted on routes which have been designated by posted signs.

The following are prohibited:

The possession of a bicycle on routes not designated as open to bicycle use, or operating a bicycle on designated bicycle routes between sunset and sunrise, without exhibiting on the bicycle or on the operator an activated white light, that is visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and with a red light or reflector visible from at least 200 feet to the rear.