Great Falls Park
HIKING
GREAT FALLS
By Jayne Clark
EVERY RIVER TELLS A STORY. BUT THE POTOMAC, THE WATERWAY
WHOSE MEANDERINGS DEFINE THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE NATION’S
CAPITAL, IS PARTICULARLY RICH IN TALES. NICKNAMED THE NATION’S
RIVER, ITS SHORELINE IS THE HOME OF GEORGE WASHINGTON’S
ESTATE AT MOUNT VERNON. IT PROVIDED THE (FAILED) ESCAPE ROUTE
FOR ASSASSIN JOHN WILKES BOOTH. ITS WESTERN BLUFFS WERE
THE SITE OF CIVIL WAR CARNAGE AT THE BATTLE OF BALL’S BLUFF
AND IT HAS LONG BEEN THE SOURCE OF BOUNDLESS RECREATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. THE FOLLOWING
ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR ENJOYING THE RIVER LIKE A LOCAL.
FLYWASHINGTON.COM 48 SUMMER 2017