Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln standing over an enslaved man rising from kneeling.
Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park. NPS / Claire Hassler

Capitol Hill Parks

Federal Recreation Area · District of Columbia · National Park Service

The Capitol Hill Parks include several park areas east of the U.S. Capitol. Included in this group are Folger, Lincoln, Stanton, and Marion Parks, the Eastern Market and Potomac Avenue Metro stations, and several smaller land parcels such as Seward Square, Twining Square, the Maryland Avenue Triangles, the Pennsylvania Avenue Medians, and 59 inner-city triangles and squares.

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Phone
771-208-1453
Official site
www.nps.gov
Managed by
National Park Service

Getting there

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What's here

Highlights: African American Heritage · Arts · Sculpture · Enslavement · Landscape Design · Monuments and Memorials · Presidents · Reconstruction · Schools and Education · Social Movements · Abolition Movement · Civil Rights · Voting Rights and Suffrage · Tragic Events · Assassinations · Urban America · Wars and Conflicts · Civil War · Women's History

Activities & features: Arts and Culture · Biking · Food · Picnicking · Flying · Guided Tours · Self-Guided Tours - Walking · Bus/Shuttle Guided Tour · Junior Ranger Program · Playground

Photos

  • Sunlight streams through backlit trees illuminating a bicyclist on a sidewalk.
    NPS / Claire Hassler
  • Bronze statue of Mary McLeod Bethune and a boy and girl.
    NPS / Claire Hassler

Nearby parks

Parks of District of Columbia

African American Civil War MemorialWashington MonumentRock Creek ParkFranklin Delano Roosevelt MemorialCivil War Defenses of WashingtonWorld War I MemorialTheodore Roosevelt IslandGeorge Washington Memorial ParkwayPennsylvania AvenueCarter G. Woodson Home National Historic SiteKorean War Veterans MemorialThomas Jefferson MemorialThe White House and President's ParkMary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic SiteConstitution GardensFord's Theatre National Historic SiteFort Dupont ParkMartin Luther King, Jr. MemorialFrederick Douglass National Historic SiteKenilworth Park & Aquatic GardensBelmont-Paul Women's Equality National MonumentDwight D. Eisenhower MemorialLBJ Memorial Grove on the PotomacLincoln MemorialChesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical ParkVietnam Veterans MemorialPotomac Heritage National Scenic TrailWorld War II MemorialNational Mall and Memorial ParksAnacostia ParkNational Capital Parks-East

32 parks mapped in District of Columbia

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Sources: National Park Service · updated 2026-08-12