Netherlands Carillon

Arlington, VA

A 127-foot steel tower gift from the Netherlands sits on a hilltop with arguably the finest unobstructed view of the DC skyline and National Mall available from Virginia.

Photography Guide

Best Time: blue hour
Crowds: Quiet
Shot Types: skylinepanoramicwide
Best Seasons: springfall

Practical Tips

This is one of the best DC skyline viewpoints that most visitors miss. Blue hour gives the Washington Monument, Capitol, and memorials all lit simultaneously. Open 24 hours.

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Photogenic

Arlington, VA

Marine Corps War Memorial

Felix de Weldon's massive bronze recreation of the Iwo Jima flag-raising towers over the landscape - a monumental sculpture with DC skyline as its backdrop.

golden hourspring · fall

Overlooks

Arlington, VA

Virginia Highlands Park Overlook

A small hilltop park on the Arlington ridge gives a surprisingly clear view of the Georgetown University spires and DC skyline framed by mature oaks.

golden hourfall · spring

Parks & Nature

Washington DC, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island

A 91-acre wooded island in the Potomac accessible only by footbridge, offering surprising wilderness within sight of the Kennedy Center and Rosslyn skyline.

golden hourspring · fall