SCENES AND SIGHTS OUTSIDE THE CITY

Arlington National Cemetery

Memorial Drive

Southern end of Memorial Bridge

Arlington 22211

703-607-8000

www.arlingtoncemetery.org

Major attractions include the Tomb of the Unknowns, where a formal changing of the guard ceremony happens every half-hour in the summer and on the hour the rest of the year. The tomb contains the remains of unidentified U.S. service members from world wars I and II and the Korean War. Each was presented with the Medal of Honor at the time of interment, and the medals, as well as the flags that covered their caskets, are displayed inside the Memorial Amphitheater, to the rear of the tomb. The tomb is guarded at all times by the Army's Old Guard.

Changing of the guard occurs on the hour Oct. 1-March 14 and every half-hour March 15-Sept. 30.

The Women's Memorial, dedicated in 1997, pays tribute to all servicewomen in the U.S. armed forces. It is at the Ceremonial Entrance to the cemetery.

Hours: 8 a.m.-7 p.m. daily April 1-Sept. 30, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. the rest of the year.

Fort Washington Park

13551 Fort Washington Rd.

Fort Washington 20744

301-763-4600

www.nps.gov/fowa

This is one of the few seacoast forts in its original form. The 341-acre national park has hiking and biking trails and overlooks the Potomac River and Mount Vernon.

Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April-Oct. 27; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 28-April 5, 2008. Park grounds are open 8 a.m.-dark. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's

Day. $3 per individual, $5 per vehicle.

Glen Echo Park

7300 MacArthur Blvd.

Glen Echo 20812

301-634-2222

Fax: 301-634-2260

Recorded information: 301-320-2330

info@glenechopark.org

www.glenechopark.org

www.nps.gov/glec

The site features a historic carousel and ballroom.

Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, noon-6 p.m. Sundays.

Manassas National Battlefield Park

6511 Sudley Rd.

Manassas 20109

703-361-1339

www.nps.gov/mana

The 5,000-acre park was established in 1940 to preserve the scene of two major Civil War battles, including the first major engagement of the war in 1861.

Visitors center hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, except Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Mormon Temple

9900 Stoneybrook Dr.

Kensington 20895

301-587-0144

301-588-0650

www.lds.org/placestovisit

The world's third-largest Mormon temple is on 57 acres near the Capital Beltway.

Visitor center hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. daily except in December, when it is open nightly until 10.

Mount Vernon

3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy.

Mount Vernon 22121

703-780-2000

www.mountvernon.org

The estate, home and burial place of George Washington is eight miles south of the city of Alexandria.

Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily April-August; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March, September and October; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. November-February.

Adults: $13; seniors, $12; ages 6-11, $6; 5 and younger, free.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Visitors Center

Soil Conservation Road and Explorer Drive

Greenbelt 20771

301-286-9041

Fax: 301-286-1781

gsfc-pao@listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov

www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/visitor

The hub of all NASA tracking activities, Goddard is also responsible for the development of unmanned scientific spacecraft and research in space and earth sciences, including NASA's Mission to Planet Earth. Collections include space flight artifacts and photographs.

Visitors center hours: September-June, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays; noon-4 p.m. weekends; closed Mondays. July-August, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, noon-4 p.m., Saturdays; closed Sundays and Mondays. Closed on all federal holidays.

Free.

National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy.

Chantilly 20151

202-633-1000

703-572-4118

dullescenter@nasm.si.edu

www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy

The museum, designed as a companion to the main museum on the Mall in Washington, has more than 200 aircraft and space artifacts on display, including the B-29 Enola Gay and the space shuttle Enterprise.

Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily. Closed Christmas.

Free. Museum lot parking, $12.

National Museum of the Marine Corps

18900 Jefferson Davis Hwy.

Triangle 22172

877-653-1775

info@usmcmuseum.org

www.usmcmuseum.org

The National Museum of the Marine Corps was completed in 2006 on a 135-acre site adjacent to the Marine Corps base in Quantico. Interactive exhibits using the most innovative technology and artifacts are designed to immerse visitors in the sights and sounds of Marines in action. The 118,000-square-foot facility will soon be complemented by a memorial park, parade grounds, artifact restoration facilities, classrooms, an on-site conference center and a hotel.

Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Closed Christmas.

Free.

Savage Mill

8600 Foundry St.

Savage 20763

800-788-6455

410-792-2820

info@savagemill.com

www.savagemill.com

Was a working textile mill from 1822 to 1947. The 175,000-square-foot complex of buildings in Howard County is now home to antiques centers, home-furnishing stores, craft galleries, artist studios, specialty shops and the Rams Head Tavern restaurant. The Bollman Truss bridge on the grounds of the mill is the last standing semi-suspension bridge of its type.

Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays.

Thomas Stone National Historic Site

6655 Rose Hill Rd.

Port Tobacco 20677

301-392-1776

Fax: 301-934-8793

www.nps.gov/thst

This is the site of Haberdeventure, the family home of Thomas Stone, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Stone and his wife, Margaret Brown, built the home in the early 1770s, and it remained

the Stone family home until 1936. The National Park Service, which finished restoring the site in 1997, offers hiking and birding trails, as well as guided tours of the house.

Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, Memorial Day-Labor Day; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays, Labor Day-Memorial Day. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.

Free.

U.S. Geological Survey

12201 Sunrise Valley Dr.

Reston 20192

703-648-4748

www.usgs.gov/visitors/building.html

A visitors center at the federal agency offers an introduction to topics such as volcanoes, earthquakes, disaster preparedness and flooding.

Hours for self-guided tours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; guided tours are available by calling 703-648-4748.

U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial

Just north of Arlington National Cemetery, at Route 50 and North Meade Street

Arlington

703-289-2500

www.nps.gov/gwmp/usmc.htm

The memorial honoring all fallen Marines depicts one of the most famous incidents of World War II: Marines raising the U.S. flag while fighting the Japanese on the West Pacific Ocean island of Iwo Jima. The memorial is also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial.

U.S. Naval Academy

Armel-Leftwich Visitor Center

52 King George St.

Annapolis 21402

410-263-6933

tourinfo@usna.edu

www.usna.edu/visit.htm

The academy was founded in 1845 by Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft. The visitors center offers walking tours, including a visit to a sample midshipman's room, and exhibitions.

Visitors center hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March-December, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. January-February. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.

Visitors older than 16 must have a valid photo ID. Adults $8, older than 62 $7, students $6, 5 and younger free.