National Capital Parks-East (NACE) is an administrative grouping of multiple National Park Service sites east of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., and in the state of Maryland. These sites include:Those not noted as official units are incorporated in the official unit National Capital Parks transferred in 1933
Anacostia Park Baltimore-Washington ParkwayIncorporated into the official unit National Capital Parks in 1975 Buzzard Point Park and Buzzard Point Marina Capitol Hill Parks Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic SiteNational Park System official unit. Civil War Defenses of Washington – Fort Circle Parks – Includes the Civil War Forts and interconnecting parkways from Fort Greble to Fort Mahan. Fort Davis Park Fort Dupont Park Fort Foote Park Fort Stanton Fort Washington Park Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Greenbelt Park Harmony Hall James Creek Marina Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm Oxon Run Parkway (affiliated area) Piscataway Park Shepherd Parkway Suitland Parkway
NPS Visitor Contact Facilities The headquarters of NACE is located in Anacostia Park at 1900 Anacostia Drive, SE. It is not a visitor center, but has an information desk in the lobby and is open to the public 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
Fort Washington Park has a Visitor Center that is open daily 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, April through October. The rest of the year, it closes at 4:00 PM.
Frederick Douglass NHS is open daily 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, April through October. The rest of the year, it closes at 4:30 PM.
Greenbelt Park Ranger Station is open daily 8:00 AM to 3:45 PM. The Park Headquarters is open five days a week 8:00 AM to 3:45 PM.
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens bookstore and visitor center is open daily 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Kenilworth Park and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens grounds are open 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS is open daily 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, April through October. The rest of the year, it closes at 4:30 PM.
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