George Washington Birthplace National Monument is located in the Northern Neck of Virginia. It encompasses 551 acres of land where seven generations of the Washington family lived and where George Washington was born in 1732. The park was also central to one of the earliest efforts to memorialize George Washington during the celebration of his bicentennial birth anniversary in 1932.
What you’ll hear
18 places to explore in this park.
- Building X
- Building Y
- Colonial Revival Kitchen
- Farm Workshop at the Birthplace
- History - The Land That Shaped a Legacy
- John Washington House Site
- Memorial Area at George Washington Birthplace National Monument
- Monuments — Memory in Stone and Story
- Mystery — The Search for the Birthplace
- Popes Creek
- Potomac River Beach
- The Birthplace Monument
- The Colonial Revival Garden
- The Log House
- The Memorial House Museum
- The People Behind the Place: Stories from the Memorial House Museum
- The Rockefeller Barn
- The Washington Family Burial Ground
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