Until my recent fascination with photography and Flickr, the GW Parkway was generally just the way I got to and from work and parts north (typically heading home to Pittsburgh) and south (usually the airport).

But the GW Parkway is really the George Washington Memorial Parkway, and it includes a lot of off-the-beaten-path memorials in addition to some well-known memorials. Here’s the list:

• Arlington House: The Robert E. Lee Memorial
• Belle Haven Park and Marina
• Clara Barton National Historic Site
• Collingwood Park
• Columbia Island Marina
• Daingerfield Island
• Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
• Fort Hunt Park
• Fort Marcy
• Glen Echo Park
• Gravelly Point
• Great Falls Park
• Lady Bird Johnson Park
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove-on-the-Potomac
• Memorial Avenue
• Mount Vernon Trail
• Netherlands Carillon
• Potomac Heritage Trail
• Riverside Park
• Roaches Run Wildlife Sanctuary
• Theodore Roosevelt Island
• Turkey Run Park
• U.S. Marine Corps Memorial (aka Iwo Jima Memorial)
• Washington Sailing Marina

I’ve been to a number of these so far. I’m not sure why Clara Barton and Glen Echo are included, as they are on the other side of the Potomac from the Parkway.

I’ll update the links as I visit/photograph each site.