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FUN PLACES
Bike the Sites
Various areas
bikethesites.com
For great exercise and family fun, Bike the Sites offers a range of bike tours including combination walk and ride family tours.
Historical Strolls
historicstrolls.com
Interactive theatrical tours with costumed actors recreating history through amazing tales in 90 minute tours.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
14th and C Streets
Washington DC
202-874-2330
www.moneyfactory.gov
National Aquarium
14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington DC
202-482-2825
Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC
202-292-6397
www.newseum.org
Ranger Lead Activities - National Mall, Memorial Parks
Washington DC
nps.gov/state/dc/
Many free ranger lead tours and activities take place throughout the year including bike tours, special family monument tours and more.
Washington Photo Safari
DC
washingtonphotosafari.com
A photography tour that offers great educational family fun.
Potomac River Cruises
DC
potomacriverboatco.com
Enjoy Washington DC monuments fromt he river. Daily, narrated tours.
Washington Walks
DC
washingtonwalks.com
Guided, family-friendly tours, including one hour walks for younger children, "haunted" tours, a "Moveable Feast" walking and snacking tour and more.
DC Ducks
Washington DC
dcducks.com
Fun combination land and water tour in a restored 1942 amphibious military personnel carrier through Washington DC and into the Potomac River.
Audubon Naturalist Society
8940 Jones Mill Road
Chevy Chase MD
301-652-9188
www.audubonnaturalist.org
College Park Aviation Museum
1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive
College Park MD
301-864-6029
www.collegeparkaviationmuseum.org
Discovery Creek Children?s Museum
7300 MacArthur Boulevard
Glen Echo MD
202-337-5111
www.discoverycreek.org
Great Falls Park
11710 MacArthur Boulevard
Potomac MD
301-299-3613
www.nps.gov/choh
Oxon Hill Farm
6411 Oxon Hill Road
Oxon Hill MD
301-839-1176
www.nps.gov/oxhi
Claude Moore Colonial Farm
6310 Georgetown Pike
McLean VA
703-442-7557
www.1771.org
Mount Vernon
George Washington Memorial Pkwy
Mt. Vernon VA
703-780-2000
www.mountvernon.org
C&O Canal Boat Rides
VA
nps.gov
Seasonal tour on a replica canal boat pulled by mules with park rangers in period clothing describing life in the 1870s along the canal.