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Washington Walks

Whether you’re a first-time visitor or long-time resident, the same holds true: if you haven’t been o Most of our walk routes are wheelchair accessible.

Since 1999, Washington Walks guides have been leading visitors and locals alike along the streets of America’s capital city, revealing the stories and sites that abound on the National Mall and beyond. Our walking tours require no reservations, take place rain or shine, and are reasonably priced.

07/25/2025

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07/04/2025

This self-guided walking tour in Stockbridge, MA, offers a new perspective on the Fourth of July and the War of Independence:

"Through 11 sites dotting Stockbridge, MA's Main Street, the Mohican History Walking Tour tells the story of Indigenous people who not only lived in the communitya alongside colonists, but also fought in the Revolutionary War. The nearly 60 Stockbridge Mohicans who volunteered were among the first Native Americans on either side to take part in the war."

This self-guided experience can be enjoyed via an interactive map that includes video interviews and narrative by members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community or by downloading a PDF of a map of the 11 sites with accompanying descriptions.

https://charlettemedia.com/stockbridge-munsee/

06/17/2025

JUST RELEASED: a new StoryMap that brings together a small collection of stories and locations that touch on the diversity of q***r history in the District of Columbia!

Thanks to the DC Historic Preservation Office and the DC Office of Planning, you can explores D.C. q***r history through four categories: Arts and Culture, Health and Wellness, Social Spaces, and Protest and Advocacy.

"This history is local, but by nature of being in the nation’s capital, it ties into larger narratives about the q***r community."

Check it out:
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6dc682a2420a4556bea5f74de421b850

***rhistory DC Office of Planning

06/09/2025

What an honor (and a delight) to participate in World Pride 2025!

Our official partner event was Rainbow Pride D.C., a walking tour led by Washington Walks guide Martin Murray who shared sites in the Dupont Circle neighborhood associated with D.C.’s own courageous men and women made invaluable contributions to the cultural and social history of our city.

Thank you everyone who joined Martin to explore this important, inspiring dimension of our nation's capital's identity!

Capital Pride WorldPride

05/28/2025

Join Washington Walks guide and Whitman expert Martin Murray on an exploration through downtown D.C. that includes stories about the poet’s many friends (and one special lover) as well as selections from Walt Whitman's poetry and prose!

Walt Whitman, A Poet and His City
Saturday, May 31, 2025, 11:00 AM
Offered in conjunction with World Pride 2025

RESERVATIONS: https://www.washingtonwalks.com/tours/walt-whitman-poet-and-his-city/

Capital Pride WorldPride

05/15/2025

Follow Washington Walks guide Brian Kraft into the woods of western Washington, D.C. on an 11-mile hike through forested National Parklands, popping in and out of neighborhoods you know--but via routes you do not!

RESERVATIONS: https://www.washingtonwalks.com/tours/day-forest/

Brian Kraft

05/13/2025

Here's to the scores of federal workers who took advantage of the offer to attend a walking tour for free during Public Service Recognition Week. It was our pleasure to host you--and we applaud the participation of our paying guests as well!

Gratitude to our fellow walking tour colleagues for collaborating with us to provide 21 walking tours during the annual week that celebrates and honors public servants:

- Attucks Adams
- Backward Butterfly
- DC Design Tours
- Off the Mall Walking Tours
- A Tour of Her Own

Partnership for Public Service AttucksAdams Black Broadway Travel DC Design Tours Off The Mall Tours Kaitlin Calogera Brian Kraft

IMAGE Rock Creek Park Hike with Washington Walks guide Brian Kraft

05/11/2025

After seeing sites in D.C.'s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood that inspired the revivial of Mt. Pleasant Club Whiskey and other Reboot Beverages spirits, walking tour participants had the opportunity to sample the product at Irving Street Liquors. That's Troy Hughes, Reboot co-founder and guide for the Mt. Pleasant Walking Whiskey Tour, sharing how each variety of whiskey is created.

The Mt. Pleasant Walking Whiskey Tour was one of our offerings during Public Service Recognition Week. Federal employees enjoyed the experience for free!

05/07/2025

Partnership for Public Service

05/05/2025

Here's the crew who joined our Georgetown walk this past Sunday, the second tour in our series of "free walks for feds" during Public Service Recognition Week.

The group is standing in front of the former Frances Dodge, Jr. house, built in 1853 for a then-wealthy shipping merchant. The Dodge shipping operation was a key factor in the success of the Georgetown waterfront econonmy--until it wasn't. The Dodge shipping business failed in 1857.

Frances Dodge, Jr. factors into the largest non-violent escape attempt by enslaved people in U.S. history. On April 14, 1848, seventy-seven enslaved Washingtonians attempted to escape the city by sailing away on a schooner called tthe "Pearl." Three people enslaved by Dodge were among that number. He offered up his family's steamboat, the "Salem" to pursue the fugitives aboard the "Pearl." The schooner was overtaken and the escapees captured. Once returned to Washington, D.C., as punishment, the owners sold most of the escapees to traders, who took them to the Deep South.

Partnership for Public Service Paul McLane

PHOTO P. McLane for Washington Walks

05/03/2025

We kicked off our series of Public Service Recognition Week walking tours with an exploration of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus. Federal employees who attended today's walk did so free of charge!

Full schedule of Public Service Recognition Week walking tours: https://www.washingtonwalks.com/psrw/

Partnership for Public Service The Parks DC

05/02/2025

Tour guide, public historian, and author Kaitlin Calogera is the founder of A Tour of Her Own, D.C.'s first (and only) walking tour company that focuses on women's history. During Public Service Recognition Week (May 3-11, 2025), explore unique street art with A Tour of Her Own in the form of former police and fire callboxes that were transformed to share the story of eight significant women in our city's history.

Anyone can reserve a spot on this walk, but federal employees attend for free!

HERstoric Callboxes
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM

RESERVE YOUR SPOT: https://www.atourofherown.com/thelineup

Kaitlin Calogera Partnership for Public Service

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Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

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