Monday, September 9, 2013

Passport to your Parks in DC



Having earlier this summer discovered the "Passport to Your National Parks" program, this blogger has enjoyed collecting a few stamps when he happens to pass by or visit a park.

The Washington, DC area has a wealth of stamps, actually, but only scattered on-line guidance as to what is to be found where.  In short, there are a ton of stamps to get in DC, but it can be hard to know where to get them!

If you know of a stamp hotspot besides the four I list here, do please comment and let me know!

So, as of this summer of 2013, these are the stamps available at these locations around metro Washington [all stamps are presumed red Capital Area stamps, except those with a *, which would be blue Mid-Atlantic offerings]:

@ George Washington Parkway Headquarters, Turkey Run Park, McLean, Virginia (http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/index.htm) [34 total stamps here]:
-Arlington House - Robert E. Lee Memorial, Arlington, VA*
-Arlington Memorial Bridge & Memorial Avenue, Arlington, VA*
-Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT, Chesapeake Bay*
-Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, DC, MD, VA*
-Civil War Defenses of Washington, DC, MD, VA*
-Clara Barton Historic Site, Glen Echo, MD*
-Clara Barton Parkway, GWMP, MD*
-Claude Moore Colonial Farm, McLean, VA*
-Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Alexandria, VA*
-Fort Hunt Park, Alexandria, VA*
-Fort Hunt Park, P.O. Box 1142*
-Fort Marcy, McLean, VA*
-George Washington Memorial Parkway, McLean, VA*
-George Washington MEM PKWY, Passport 25th Anniversary*
-Great Falls Park, McLean, VA*
-Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD*
-Greater Washington National Parks, DC, MD, VA*
-Jones Point Park, Alexandria, VA*
-Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, GWMP, VA*
-Mount Vernon Trail, Northern Virginia*
-Netherlands Carillon, Arlington, VA*
-Potomac Heritage Trail, Northern Virginia*
-Star Spangled Banner NHT, DC, MD, VA*
-Turkey Run Park, McLean, VA*
-Underground RR Freedom Network, GWMP, VA*
-U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, VA*
-Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route NHT, DC, MD, VA*
-Women in Military Services for America Mem, Arlington, VA*
-Lady Bird Johnson Park, Washington, DC
-Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove, Washington, DC
-Navy-Marine Memorial, Washington DC
-Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, DC
-Theodore Roosevelt Island, Passport 25th Anniversary
-LBJ MEM Grove on the Potomac, Passport 25th Anniversary

@ Old Stone House, Rock Creek Park, Georgetown, Washington, DC (http://www.nps.gov/olst/index.htm) [7 total stamps]
-C&O Canal NHP - Georgetown, Washington, DC
-Civil War Defenses of Washington, Washington, DC
-Francis Scott Key Memorial, Washington, DC
-Georgetown Waterfront Park, Washington, DC
-Montrose and Dumbarton Oaks Parks, Washington, DC
-Rock Creek Park - Old Stone House, Washington, DC
-Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, Washington, DC

@ Washington Monument Bookstore {just east of the monument}, Washington, DC (http://www.nps.gov/wamo/index.htm) [21 total stamps]
-Constitution Gardens, Washington, DC
-DC World War Memorial, Washington, DC
-Ford's Theatre NHS - Petersen House, Washington, DC
-George Mason Memorial, Washington, DC
-Japanese American Memorial, Washington, DC
-John Ericsson Memorial, Washington, DC
-John Paul Jones Memorial, Washington, DC
-Korean War Veterans MEM, Washington, DC
-Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC
-Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Washington, DC
-National Capital Region, Washington, DC
-National Mall, Washington, DC
-National Mall & Memorial Parks, Washington, DC [I think!]
-Old Post Office Tower, Washington, DC
-Pennsylvania Avenue NHS, Washington, DC
-Signers of the Dec of Ind MEM, Washington, DC
-Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC
-Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, Washington, DC
-Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC
-Washington Monument, Washington, DC
-West Potomac Park, Washington, DC
[Nearby at the memorial site: World War II Memorial, Washington, DC]

@ National Capital Parks-East Headquarters, Anacostia Park, Washington, DC {Yes, you have to drive past the Park Police HQ and be buzzed into this building!}(http://www.nps.gov/nace/index.htm) [18 total stamps]
-Anacostia Park, Washington, DC
-Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Washington, DC
-Capitol Hill Parks, Washington, DC
-Carter G. Woodson Home NHS, Washington, DC
-Civil War Defenses of Washington, DC, MD, VA
-Fort Circle Parks, Washington, DC
-Fort Dupont Park, Washington, DC
-Frederick Douglass NHS, Washington, DC
-Greenbelt Park, Greenbelt, MD
-Harmony Hall, Fort Washington, MD
-Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington, DC
-Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS, Washington, DC
-National Capital Parks-East, Washington, DC
-National Capital Parks-East, Presidential Inauguration [January 2009]
-National Capital Parks-East, Passport 25th Anniversary
-Oxon Cove Park, Oxon Hill, MD
-Suitland Parkway, Wash, DC/Suitland, MD
-Underground Railroad Freedom Network, Frederick Douglass NHS

Good luck finding more!

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