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Gravelly Point Park
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Harris
February 1, 2022
Gravelly Point is a park in Arlington, Virginia, United States. It is located north of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, along the George Washington Parkway, and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Today, the park is a primary intersection on weekends of boaters, cyclists, and airplane-spotters. Its unique location just a few hundred feet from the north end of Reagan's runway 1/19 makes it one of the best spots in the United States for airplane-spotting. Originally, the area known as Gravelly Point was where Captain John Alexander built a home called Abingdon in 1746. Abingdon was purchased in 1778 by John Parke Custis, the adopted stepson of President George Washington. It was the birthplace of Washington's beloved granddaughter, Eleanor Parke Custis. Abingdon was destroyed by fire in 1930 and the ruins stabilized. In 1998, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority preserved the site and created an exhibit of artifacts found there in the Exhibit Hall, located in Terminal A of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Gravelly Point is a park in Arlington, Virginia, United States. It is located north of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, along the George Washington Parkway, and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Today, the park is a primary intersection on weekends of boaters, cyclists, and a…
Christopher
August 14, 2021
Great place for walks, picnics, and just watching airliners zoom over your head.
Angelica
August 2, 2021
Gravelly Point is an area within the National Park Service's George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. It is located on the west side of the Potomac River, north of Roaches Run and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Son
April 1, 2021
Nice little spot on the other side of the river where you can watch Dc from another view and also watch airplane taking off from DCA. It is a good picnic spot but you certainly need to have a car. It is not far from DC but slightly remote
John & Monika
February 15, 2019
A wide open park at the end of the National Airport runways. Best place in the world to watch jets take off and land over head! Plenty of space to eat a picnic lunch by the Potomac River.
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