Free Walking Tours this month with Washington Walks
Tours offered Thursdays - Sundays
Free during the month of August!
Regularly $15, $10 with US military of federal government ID, kids 3 and younger free
Rain or shine! While tours are free, tips for guides welcome
Remaining Tours Thursday, August 7 - Sunday, August 31st
Choose from three different Memorials by Moonlight tours, two Haunted themed tours and a neighborhood tour of Dupont Circle. Each walk lasts approximately 2 hours. No need to RSVP in advance, simply show up and look for the Washington Walks guide, who will be easily identifiable, wearing a blue and green Washington Walks badge. Learn more about
Washington Walks, founded in 1999, and read more about the guides who will be giving the tours
here!
Enjoy these six classic walks for free from August 1st through Labor Day!
Memorials by Moonlight Tours:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
This tour includes visits to the National World War II Memorial, District War Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Abraham Lincoln Memorial. The Washington Monument and Thomas Jefferson Memorial are seen and discussed from a distance. Along the way, your guide sets the scene for the Federal City's original plans to memorialize its national heroes and how they've evolved with time.
Read more here.
Meet in front of the Organization of American States by the
statue of Queen Isabella I, which was donated to the OAS by Spain in 1966.
17th & Constitution Ave NW
Statue is located on the N side of Constitution and W side of 17th St at the SE corner of the OAS Building
Metro: Farragut West and walk about 12 minutes down 17th St
Friday & Sunday nights
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| Meet here - Queen Isabella I Statue |
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Learn more about the monuments along the Reflecting Pool and interesting facts like: "Had you ventured along the acreage covered on this walk during the Civil War years, you would have found yourself submerged beneath the Potomac River." In this tour you'll see series of major monuments to America's wars in Europe and Asia, evoking the triumph and anguish of warfare.
Read more here. This tour includes visits to Constitution Gardens, the National World War II Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial.
Meet in front of the Organization of American States by the
statue of Queen Isabella I, which was donated to the OAS by Spain in 1966.
17th & Constitution Ave NW
Statue is located on the North side of Constitution and West side of 17th St at the SE corner of the OAS Building
Metro: Farragut West and walk about 12 minutes down 17th St
Friday & Sunday nights
7:00pm - 9:00pm
See the Jefferson Memorial and other memorials as you stroll around this beautiful Tidal Basin, one of DC's most famous man-made bodies of water. See memorials to brilliant leaders and the only First Lady honored on the National Mall featured in a presidential memorial. This tour includes visits to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, George Mason Memorial, Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial plus views of the Washington Monument, U.S. Air Force Memorial and District War Memorial.
Meet the guide by the refreshment stand located at the back (south side) of the memroial
Metro: The nearest Metro station to this site is Smithsonian at 12th & Independence Ave SW, and it's about a 10-15 minute walk from there. If you have a bike or Capital Bikeshare access, there is a bikeshare station right by the Jefferson Memorial, it's nice to bike down there too! If you plan to drive, be sure to read the parking restriction signs carefully and click
here for more info about parking options.
Haunted Tours:
Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Features stories about the Octagon, D.C.'s most ghost-filled residence.
Read more here. Please note that this walk does not include interior visits to any of the buildings featured.
Meet at "The Octagon" house sign
1799 New York Ave NW
Metro: Closest metro is Farragut West, walk about 8 minutes south on 17th or 18th St to New York Ave
7:30pm - 9:30pm
A decidedly unnerving-and historical-walk through one of DC's oldest neighborhoods.
Read more here. Please note that this walk does not include interior visits to any of the buildings featured.
Meet by the Capitol South Metro exit
Metro: Capitol South
Neighborhood Tour:
Sunday morning only
Dupont Circle is a vibrant, diverse and historic district that has a lot of great character and charm. The tour will start with a look at the “Brewmaster’s Castle,” then it’s on to Dupont Circle itself and then on to explore more buildings in the neighborhood. The walk will conclude at the Dupont Circle FRESHFARM Market, where you can pick up some great farm fresh fruits, veggies, breads, flowers and more if you like.
Read more here.
Meet the guide outside the Dupont Circle Metro exit, south side
Metro: Dupont Circle, south exit by the entrance to Panera Bread on 19th St NW. You can also take the
42 bus to the stop just south of the circle on Connecticut Ave.
