We have had a nice string of “chamber-of-commerce” days in the Washington, DC area. The weather really makes it easy to get out and make photos around town. On this day, we were interested in exploring a park that had been recently renovated after the completion of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge construction. Jones Point Park is located at the Virginia side of the bridge, and has plenty of areas for recreation from courts, bike and walking trails. The Potomac River also borders the park which provides nice views of the National Harbor, the District, and the plane traffic from Reagan National Airport. The park also sports lots of unique historical markers being so close to Old Town Alexandria, and Washington, DC.
Alexandria, Virginia
From a previous post, you can see some of the background on the DC Boundary Stones. These stones are the oldest federal monuments which marked out the perfect square that cut Washington, DC out of land from both Maryland and Virginia. The first stone laid in the project was at the southern corner at Jones Point. Today, the stone is protected behind a sea wall right by the shore, adjacent to the Jones Point Lighthouse.
From here, there are lines and other markers that show the original borders. In the middle 1840s, the Virginia land that was part of DC was given back to the Commonwealth. Walking the park now, they have lines marking where the old border used to be showing DC, Maryland and Virginia. Even though you cannot directly view the boundary stone, they do have a nice see-through marker above the stone so you can look down on the stone.
So here comes the FUN part! You can see how close the shore is to the stone. The ground on the other side of the fence was very soggy, and not very stable to stand. I did not feel like breaking my ankle to get a photo of the stone in the wall, so how did I get this photo?
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