GW Parkway

Celebrating its 75th anniversary, the George Washington Memorial Parkway is an American Scenic Byway stretching 16 miles from George Washington's Mount Vernon to Great Falls, VA.
About Alexandria

• Bike the Sites
  1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
  Washington, DC 20004
  Phone: 202/842-2453
  www.bikethesites.com

  Bike the Sites - it's the best way to tour the Washington, D.C. area! Wide variety of bikes to rent; guided tours of the monuments and National Mall. Great for families!

• Cameron Run Regional Park
  4001 Eisenhower Ave.
  Alexandria, VA 22314 map it
  Phone: 703/960-0767
  www.nvrpa.org/cameron.html

  Waterslides, wave pool, lap pool, batting cages and miniature golf. Call for seasonal hours.

  

• Jerome "Buddie" Ford Nature Center
  5750 Sanger Ave.
  Alexandria, VA 22311 map it
  Phone: 703/838-4829
  www.alexandriava.gov/recreation/nature/buddie_ford_center.html

  Adjacent to the 50-acre Dora Kelley Nature Park, the center's exhibits include live animals, easy-use microscope, computer, touch table, and toys for young children. Programs offered most Saturdays. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; Apr-Nov. 1-5 p.m. Sun.