National Mall and Memorial Parks

National Mall and Memorial Parks

Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates	38°53′24″N 77°1′22″W / 38.89000°N 77.02278°W / 38.89000; -77.02278
Area	6,546.92 acres (26.4944 km) 6,482.78 acres (26.23 km) federal, (includes National Capital Parks-East)
Established	1965
Visitors	29,721,005 (in 2013)
Governing body	National Park Service

National Mall and Memorial Parks (formerly known as National Capital Parks-Central) is an administrative unit of the National Park Service (NPS) encompassing many national memorials and other areas in Washington, D.C. Federally owned and administered parks in the capital area date back to 1790, some of the oldest in the United States. In 1933, they were transferred to the control of the National Park Service. These parks were known as the National Capital Parks from their inception until 1965. The NPS now operates multiple park groupings in the D.C. area, including National Capital Parks-East, Rock Creek Park, President's Park, and George Washington Memorial Parkway. National Mall and Memorial Parks also provides technical assistance for the United States Navy Memorial.

List of parks, memorials and monuments

Official units administered

Other squares, circles, triangles, memorials, and parks

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African American Civil War Memorial
Albert Einstein Memorial
American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain
Benjamin Banneker Circle
Benjamin Banneker Park
Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott Hancock statue
Columbus Circle
Columbus Fountain – Union Station Plaza
Daniel Webster Memorial
District of Columbia War Memorial
Doctor John Witherspoon statue
Dupont Circle
East Potomac Park including Hains Point
Edmund Burke statue
Edward J. Kelly Park
Edward R. Murrow Park
Farragut Square
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Stone
Franklin Square
Freedom Plaza
George Mason Memorial
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Memorial
Holodomor Ukrainian Holocaust Memorial
James Monroe Park
John Ericsson Memorial
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
Logan Circle
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial
Martin Luther statue
McPherson Square
Memorial to Japanese-American Patriotism in World War II
Milian Park
Nuns of the Battlefield (Civil War Nurses Memorial)
Pan American Annex grounds – located between Constitution and Virginia Avenues, NW and 18th and 19th Streets, NW
Pulaski Park
Judiciary Square Plaza
Old Post Office Tower
Pershing Park
Rawlins Park
Rigo Walled Park
Samuel Gompers Memorial
Samuel Hahnemann Monument
Scott Circle
Seaton Park
Sheridan Circle
Temperance Fountain and statue
Southwest Waterfront Park (Titanic Memorial)
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Statues of the Liberators
- Benito Juarez
- Bernardo de Gálvez
- Equestrian of Simón Bolívar
- General Jose de San Martin Memorial
- General José Gervasio Artigas
Taras Shevchenko Memorial (Ukrainian Independence Park)
Thomas Circle
United States Navy Memorial
Victims of Communism Memorial
Vincent R. Sombrotto Memorial Park
Walt Whitman Park
Washington Circle
West Potomac Park

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: National Mall
"City Park Facts Report" (PDF). The Trust for Public Land. February 2014. p. 30. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
"The National Parks: Index 2012-2016" (PDF). www.nps.gov/. National Park Service. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
"National Park Service Index Addendum (2016-2017)" (PDF). www.nps.gov/. National Park Service. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
Also a part of Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site and Park
Within Pershing Park
"Reservation List: The Parks of the National Park System, Washington, DC" (PDF). www.nps.gov. National Park Service; Land Resources Program Center; National Capital Region. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ Within Pennsylvania Avenue National National Historic Site and Park
^ Existing park transferred in 1933
US Navy with technical assistance from the National Park Service"

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Protected areas of the District of Columbia

Federal

National Cemeteries	Battleground Soldiers' and Airmen's Home
National Historical Parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
National Historic Sites	Carter G. Woodson Home Ford's Theatre Frederick Douglass Mary McLeod Bethune Council House Pennsylvania Avenue
National Memorials	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jefferson Korean War Veterans Lincoln Lyndon Baines Johnson Grove Theodore Roosevelt Island Vietnam Veterans Washington Monument World War II
National monuments	Belmont–Paul Women's Equality President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
National Parkways	Baltimore–Washington George Washington Memorial / Clara Barton Oxon Run Rock Creek and Potomac
National Trails	Potomac Heritage Star-Spangled Banner
National Mall and Memorial Parks	National Mall African American Civil War Constitution Gardens East Potomac Ford's Theatre Franklin Delano Roosevelt George Mason Hains Point Jefferson John Ericsson Korean War Veterans Lincoln Old Post Office Pennsylvania Avenue United States Navy Vietnam Veterans Washington Monument West Potomac World War II
President's Park	The Ellipse Lafayette Square White House
National Capital Parks-East	Anacostia Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument Capitol Hill Carter G. Woodson Home Fort Circle Fort Dupont Fort Stanton Frederick Douglass Kenilworth Mary McLeod Bethune Council House Oxon Run Parkway Shepherd Parkway
Rock Creek Park	Rock Creek Barnard Hill Bryce Dumbarton Oaks Fort Slocum Georgetown Waterfront Glover-Archbold Little Forest Meridian Hill Montrose Old Stone House Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
Other areas	National Capital Parks Navy Memorial

v t e Landmarks of Washington, D.C.
Memorials	Adams African American Civil War American Veterans Disabled for Life John Barry Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument Mary McLeod Bethune Boy Scout James Buchanan John Carroll D.C. War Albert Einstein Emancipation Dwight D. Eisenhower John Ericsson David Farragut First Division Thomas Gallaudet James A. Garfield Kahlil Gibran Samuel Gompers Ulysses S. Grant Holocaust Museum Holodomor Genocide Andrew Jackson Japanese American Patriotism During World War II Jefferson Memorial Lyndon Baines Johnson Grove John Paul Jones Marquis de Lafayette Law Enforcement Officers Lincoln Memorial statue Martin Luther King, Jr. Korean War Veterans George Mason George B. McClellan George Meade Peter Muhlenberg National Statuary Hall Collection Navy – Merchant Marine Nuns of the Battlefield Peace Monument John J. Pershing Second Division Signers of the Declaration of Independence The Extra Mile Three Soldiers Jean de Rochambeau Franklin Delano Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Island Taras Shevchenko Statues of the Liberators Oscar Straus Robert A. Taft Titanic United States Navy Victims of Communism Vietnam Veterans Vietnam Women's Washington Monument Daniel Webster World War I World War II Rainbow Pool
Other	Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Blair House Capitol Reflecting Pool Congressional Cemetery DAR Constitution Hall Exorcist steps First Air Mail Marker Ford's Theatre Petersen House Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Healy Hall Hillwood Estate and Museum Islamic Center Jefferson Pier John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Library of Congress Jefferson Adams Madison National Arboretum National Capitol Columns National Building Museum National Gallery of Art Lincoln's Cottage at Soldiers' Home Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool National Archives National Cathedral National Mall Octagon House Old Post Office Old Stone House Smithsonian Institution St. John's Episcopal Church The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace Tidal Basin Treasury Building Freedman's Bank Building Tudor Place Union Station United States Capitol Capitol Hill Dome Rotunda United States Supreme Court Building Watergate complex White House Willard Hotel
Parks and plazas	Constitution Gardens Dupont Circle East Potomac Park Farragut Square Freedom Plaza Lafayette Square L'Enfant Plaza Meridian Hill Park National Arboretum Pershing Park President's Park Rock Creek Park The Ellipse Union Square United States Botanic Garden West Potomac Park
Boundaries	Anacostia River Arlington Memorial Bridge Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Constitution Avenue Francis Scott Key Bridge Pennsylvania Avenue Potomac River Zero Milestone
Nearby landmarks	Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknown Soldier John F. Kennedy gravesite Arlington House Marine Corps War Memorial Mount Vernon Netherlands Carillon Pentagon Pentagon Memorial United States Air Force Memorial Women in Military Service for America Memorial
Planned	Adams Memorial National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial National Liberty Memorial Peace Corps Commemorative Women's Suffrage National Monument
Canceled	George Washington Memorial Building Gold Star Mothers National Monument
Related	National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission National Mall and Memorial Parks List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Public art in Washington, D.C. (American Revolution Statuary, Civil War Monuments, Commemorating African-Americans, Outdoor sculpture)

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