General Info

National Capital Parks-Central was established in 1965 to administer the National Park Service units in the memorial core of the United States Capital in Washington, D.C. NACC preserves and interprets more than a dozen NPS areas including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site and the House Where Lincoln Died, Pennsylvania Avenue National Historical Park, the Old Post Office Tower and numerous smaller memorials. The area administered by NACC is surrounded by the urban development of downtown Washington, the Potomac River separating the District of Columbia from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Arlington County, Va. National Capital Parks-Central is headquartered in Washington, D.C. on Ohio Drive with parks located between historic Pennsylvania Avenue, the Potomac River, the United State Capitol, and the Lincoln Memorial. All of the units of NACC are open to the public throughout the year.