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Explore the Parks on Foot or Biking

Community Park Montgomery Hills Neighborhood Park
New Tennis and basketball Courts (two blocks from B&B)
2103 Seminary Road
Silver Spring, Md. 20910
301-650-2630
Fax, 301-587-6151
Basketball, playground; tennis, and picnic area.

Rock Creek Park http://www.nps.gov/rocr/index.htm

Crescent Bike Trail (to Rock Creek) http://www.cctrail.org/

Maryland Park Website http://www.silverspringcenter.com/parks.htm

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park http://www.nps.gov/ncro/educ/park/choh.htm

National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/cwdw/

National Zoo http://www.nationalzoo.si.edu

Hillwood House and Gardens http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org

Take a Boat Ride (Closed after Labor Day)

From Georgetown  http://www.potomacriverboatco.com/

 

Washington Tour Bus (off and on all day)

 
 

Government Buildings

Supreme Court http://www.supremecourtus.gov

Treasury Department 202-622-6415 (tours available by reservation with congressional offices)

Union Station http://www.unionstationdc.com

United States Naval Observatory http://www.usno.navy.mil

United States Navy Museum http://www.history.navy.mil/index.html

Voice of America http://www.voa.org

Washington Monument http://www.nps.gov/wamo/index.thm

White House http://www.whitehouse.gov

Museum Links

Smithsonian Museums http://www.si.edu/
 
 
National Museum of Women in the Arts http://www.nmwa.org/
 
International Spy Museum http://spymuseum.org/
 
Hillwood Museum & Gardens http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/

Apothecary Museum http://oha.alexandriava.gov/apothecary/

Mount Vernon  http://www.mountvernon.org/
 
Bureau of Printing and Engraving http://www.usbg.gov

US Botanic Garden (reservations and general admission) http://www.usbg.gov

DAR Museum (open 8:30-4pm M-F and 9-5 Sat) http://www.dar.org

US Capitol (9-4:30 M-Sat) http://www.aoc.gov

FDR Memorial http://www.nps.gov/fdrm

Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org

International Spy Museum http://www.spymuseum.org

Textile Museum http://www.textilemuseum.org/

Apothecary Museum (Alexandria, VA) http://www.ApothecaryMuseum.org
 

Galleries

 Author Sackler Gallery http://www.asia.si.edu/default.htm
 
The Corcoran Gallery http://www.corcoran.org/
 
National Gallery of Art http://www.nga.gov/
 
National Portrait Gallery http://www.npg.si.edu/