Sacred Places
Georgetown Waterfront Park
The last link in 225 miles of parkland.
WHERE
Washington, DC
PARTNER INSTITUTION
National Park Foundation
Visit
Where it is
3303 Water St NW, Washington, DC 20007
What happens here
The labyrinth is a calming place for tourists, residents, and visitors of all kinds to connect with nature, themselves, and each other, amid the bustle of urban Washington.
HOW IT CAME TO BE
The vital last link.
01
The Need
Georgetown Waterfront Park is the vital last link joining 225 miles of public parkland along the Potomac, from the terminus of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in Cumberland, Maryland, to historic Mt. Vernon, Virginia.
02
The Vision
The Citizens Association of Georgetown partnered with the National Park Foundation, the National Park Service, and Nature Sacred to support a labyrinth as a significant addition to that space.
03
The Transformation
The labyrinth sits within the park, entered at Water Street and 33rd Street.
WHO TENDS IT
Margaret Hardon
Firesoul, Georgetown Waterfront Park
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HEAR FROM THE VISITORS
From the Little Yellow Journal
In this fast changing world it is important to pause and have a place to think. To connect. To appreciate. As I sit here I can feel my body relax and my heart rate fall. I see more details, I hear what I previously could not.
