George Washington Memorial Parkway

The George Washington Memorial Parkway, colloquially the G.W. Parkway, is a 25-mile-long parkway that runs along the south bank of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, Virginia, northwest to McLean, Virginia, and is maintained by the National Park Service. It is located almost entirely within Virginia, except for a short portion of the parkway northwest of the Arlington Memorial Bridge that passes over Columbia Island within the District of Columbia. In 1989, the Maryland and DC portions of the parkway were renamed Clara Barton Parkway to overcome motorist confusion. The parkway also administers other National Park Service features and areas in the vicinity including Claude Moore Colonial Farm, Glen Echo Park, Great Falls Park, and Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial.