What you need to know:

• All tours are free.
• Reservations are not required, with the exception of the bike tours and a few others. Just show up!
• Consider taking Metrobus, Metrorail, or the Circulator. Most tours are readily available via public transportation.
• NEW! Bring your camera and enter our Walkingtown photo contest!
• Tours are held rain or shine.
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Anacostia by Bike - THIS TOUR IS SOLD OUT!
9 am – 12 noon
Meet and end at the entrance to the Washington Fish and Seafood Market Place, 1100 Maine Avenue, SW
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

Exploring the Hill East
9 – 10 am
Meet and end outside Stadium-Armory Metro station (north exit)

History of Brookland
9 – 10:30 am
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Spies of Georgetown
9 – 11:30 am
Meet at the Southeast corner of Wisconsin Avenue and R Street, NW (in front of Georgetown Public Library)
End at Wisconsin Avenue and O Street, NW
Reservations required: 703-569-1875

Scandals, Scoundrels & Scallywags: The Seamier Side of Georgetown
9:30 – 11 am
Meet along C&O Canal (Lock 3) at the intersection with 30th Street, NW (one block south of M Street) near the bust of William O. Douglas
End at the Potomac Street/C&O Canal Pedestrian Bridge, NW (at the rear of Dean & Deluca, 3276 M Street, NW)

Barry Farm, Anacostia
10 am – 12 noon
Meet and end at Anacostia Metro station

Capitol Hill
10 am – 12 noon
Meet outside Eastern Market Metro station
End at Eastern Market, Seventh Street and North Carolina Avenue, SE

Constitution Avenue: Past and Present
10 am – 1 pm
Meet at the 17th Street entrance to the World War II Memorial in front of the announcement stone
End at Constitution Avenue and 12th Street, NW

DC EcoTour – Green Buildings
10 am – 1 pm
Meet outside the National Geographic Society, 1145 17th Street, NW
End at United Nations Environment Program Building, 1707 H Street, NW
Reservations required: 202-686-9813 or www.WholenessforHumanity.com

Down by the River: Walk the Anacostia Waterfront and Poplar Point
10 – 11 am
Meet and end at Anacostia Metro station at the Kiss & Ride/parking garage exit

Embassy Row (check out the preview at dcist!)
10 am – 12 noon
Meet outside Dupont Circle Metro station (Dupont South exit by the pay phones)
End at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW

From Slavery to Freedom in Adams Morgan
10 – 11:30 am
Meet at the SunTrust Bank Plaza at 18th Street and Columbia Road, NW, next to the Saturday Farmer’s Market
End at Walter Pierce Park, between Calvert Street and Adams Mill Road   

Georgetown
10 am – 12 noon
Meet outside Dupont Circle Metro station (Dupont South exit by the pay phones)
End at Francis Scott Key Park in Georgetown

Get Back to your Roots: US National Arboretum
10 am – 12 noon
Meet and end in the circle in front of the Administration Building near 24th and R Streets, NE

More than Monuments
10 – 11 am
Meet at the base of the Washington Monument on the east side (facing the Capitol and 15th Street)
End at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

Old Mount Pleasant
10 am – 12 noon
Meet outside Columbia Heights Metro station, exit east side of 14th Street
End at Lamont Park (Mount Pleasant, 17th, and Lamont Streets)

Rediscovering Kingman and Heritage Islands
10 – 11 am
Meet and end in parking lot # 6 at RFK Stadium

Roundshots to Rockets: A Sail on the American Spirit - THIS TOUR IS SOLD OUT!
10 am – 12 noon
Meet and end at the Gangplank Marina at 600 Water Street, SW (American Spirit is a green-hulled schooner right next to Gangplank Marina’s main gate)
Reservations required: 202-661-7581 or reply@CulturalTourismDC.org

Shaw: Where DC Comes Together, Part I
10 am – 12:30 pm
Meet at the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Mount Vernon Place, NW
End at Azi’s Café, 1336 Ninth Street, NW

What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye Park (check out the preview at dcist!)
10 – 11:30 am
Meet at Marvin Gaye Park, corner of Division and Foote Streets, NE
End at Minnesota Avenue Metro station

Before Harlem, There Was U Street (check out the preview at dcist!)
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Meet and end outside U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro station (13th Street exit)

Capitol Riverfront
10:30 am – 12 noon
Meet and end outside Navy Yard Metro station (intersection of New Jersey Avenue and M Street, SE)

History of Brookland
10:30 am – 12 noon
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Chevy Chase DC 
11 – 11:45 am
Meet and end outside the Avalon Theater, 5612 Connecticut Avenue, NW (one block south of Chevy Chase Circle)

Embassy Row (check out the preview at dcist!)
11 am – 1 pm
Meet outside Dupont Circle Metro station (Dupont South exit by the pay phones)
End at The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW
                                                                                 
Before Harlem, There Was U Street (check out the preview at dcist!)
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Meet and end outside U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro station (13th Street exit)

History of Brookland
12 noon – 1:30 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Mount Vernon Triangle Development Tour
12 noon – 1:30 pm
Meet and end at Mount Vernon Square, intersection of Eighth and K Streets, NW

Artist G. Byron Peck’s Shaw/U Street Mural Tour
1 – 2:30 pm
Meet outside the U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro station (13th Street exit)
End at Peck’s Dupont Circle mural, Connecticut and Florida Avenues, NW 

Capitol Hill: A Half-Century of Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, and Transgendered History
1 – 2:30 pm
Meet in front of Mr. Henry’s, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
End at 321 Seventh Street, SE

Congressional Cemetery
1 – 1:45 pm
Meet and end at E and 18th Streets, SE

More than Monuments
1 – 2:15 pm
Meet at the base of the Washington Monument on the east side (facing the Capitol and 15th Street)
End at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

Shaw: Where DC Comes Together, Part II
1 – 3:30 pm
Meet at the northwest corner of Seventh and R Streets, NW
End at Grape Legs, 1903 Ninth Street, NW

Temperance Tour (check out the preview at dcist!)
1 – 4 pm
Meet at the Cogswell Temperance Fountain, Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
End outside the Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 S Street, NW 

Wild Washington
1 – 4:30 pm
Meet at the entrance of the National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
End at The Old Post Office Pavilion (Rear Plaza), 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Reservations required: 202-842-BIKE or www.bikethesites.com

Capitol Hill
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Meet outside Eastern Market Metro station
End at Eastern Market, Seventh Street and North Carolina Avenue, SE

Georgetown
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Meet outside Dupont Circle Metro station (Dupont South exit by the pay phones)
End at Francis Scott Key Park in Georgetown

History of Brookland
1:30 – 3 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Before Harlem, There Was U Street (check out the preview at dcist!)
2 – 4 pm
Meet and end outside U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro station (13th Street exit)
                                                                                
From Slavery to Freedom in Adams Morgan
2 – 3:30 pm
Meet at the SunTrust Bank Plaza at 18th Street and Columbia Road, NW, next to the Saturday Farmer’s Market
End at Walter Pierce Park, between Calvert Street and Adams Mill Road  

Barracks Row Revitalization Tour
3 – 4:30 pm
Meet and end at Eastern Market Metro plaza, Eighth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE

Georgetown
3 – 5 pm
Meet outside Dupont Circle Metro station (Dupont South exit by the pay phones)
End at Francis Scott Key Park in Georgetown

History of Brookland
3 – 4:30 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Woodlawn Cemetery
3 – 4 pm
Meet and end at the front gate of Woodlawn Cemetery, 4611 Benning Road, SE (Benning Road and C Street, SE, three blocks south of the Benning Road Metro station) 

Houses of Worship in the Old Downtown
3:30 – 5 pm
Meet at the Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh Street, NW, at the corner of Seventh and I (Eye) Streets
End at the original Adas Israel Synagogue, 701 Third Street, NW

History of Brookland
4 – 5:30 pm
Meet inside St. Anthony’s School cafeteria, 3400 12th Street, NE
End at Brookland Metro station

Woodlawn Cemetery
4 – 5 pm
Meet and end at the front gate of Woodlawn Cemetery, 4611 Benning Road, SE (Benning Road and C Street, SE, three blocks south of the Benning Road Metro station)

Washington Waterfront
4:30 – 6 pm
Meet outside Waterfront/SEU Metro station
End at Gangplank Marina, 600 Water Street, SW

Woodlawn Cemetery
5 – 6 pm
Meet and end at the front gate of Woodlawn Cemetery, 4611 Benning Road, SE (Benning Road and C Street, SE, three blocks south of the Benning Road Metro station)

Lincoln Assassination
7 – 8:45 pm
Meet at the Andrew Jackson Statue in Lafayette Square (north front of the White House)
End at Ford’s Theatre, Tenth and E Streets, NW

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