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Meridian Hill Park

Overview: Meridian Hill Park is rated 4.5/5 from 3317 Google reviews. This park offers a large green space with historical statues, benches, and a cascading waterfall (when operational). Amenities: Reviewers often mention seating and covered spots. Crowd: Reviews describe a friendly crowd of owners and dogs. Downsides: Some reviews mention inconsistent cleanliness and maintenance issues with benches or other amenities.

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4.5Google rating

3,317reviews

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4.5(3,317 reviews)

People say this park offers a large green space with historical statues, benches, and a cascading waterfall (when operational). They highlight the peaceful and relaxing vibe, and the opportunity to enjoy picnics, walks, and various activities like dance classes and a drum circle. They also like the friendly people and dogs, and the versatile space suitable for different activities.

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dogs that need room to runsocial dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowdowners who want shade, seating, and water access

Quick facts

Address16th St NW &, W St NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA

Phone(202) 895-6000

City pageWashington

Imported fromWashington, DC

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dogs that need room to runsocial dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowdowners who want shade, seating, and water accessparktourist attractionhistorical place6 Google photos3317 reviews

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Darrin Smith2 months ago

Meridian Hill Park is, still, under construction. It's been years since this undertaking has begun. It's sad actually. The upper tier of the park is surprisingly run down. The midfields are bare of grass and muddy. Years back, it was sectioned off so that soccer players and countless dogs and people would not trample the new grass. Apparently, it was a failure. This park is deserving of a complete upgrade. It does not take a decade to do so.

Crimson6 months ago

We went in late September while it was still pretty warm, but the water was turned off! We still enjoyed the green, and seeing the statues. The statues were pretty clean despite obvious attempts to graffiti. (What are we doing DC, let them be beautiful) There were lots of very friendly people talking, walking their dogs, playing, and having picnics. The benches there are endless! So many places to sit 🪑 The little caves were all pretty smelly and suspicious. Would not recommend. Overall I loved the park! It s very versatile, and a calming place in the city.

Danielle Defayette Smith5 months ago

This is such a photogenic park and a gem for the Adam’s Morgan area. They definitely drain the park fountains in fall and winter, but it’s still exceptionally pretty for photos. There’s also a really large grassy area, which is perfect for pups and panoramic views of the city!

Joshua Custer5 months ago

My favorite park in dc but none of the water features have worked in years and the landscaping is a bit overgrown

Tony Maki6 months ago

What a colossal dump. Stayed at the Washington Hilton for a work conference and used google to find cool places to walk nearby. This is like the set of a zombie apocalypse movie.

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