We put in next to a place called Jacks Landing which (apart from the smell of the sewage) was a fairly nice area.
Because this was just before the big 4th of July celebration there were TONS of boats parked in the middle of the river getting ready for the big show, which in turn gave us plenty of obstacles to paddle around! =)
We didn't try paddling to see the monuments from the water as we'd been walking in the sun all day and I was feeling pretty wiped by the time we hit the water...but we did see at least 20 planes take off right above us making this one of the most interesting nature vs city paddles yet.
Next time we paddle DC we'll have a plan (food, water, route, parking, etc.) and hope to see more of DC from the water.
Have any of our readers paddled DC???
If so, where is your all-time favorite spot to put in and what's your favorite thing to see from the water?
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Hello, I SUP all the time in NoVa and DC. My favorite put in is Lady Bird Johnson Memorial Park on the VA side. When the tid eis high there you can cruise up the channel to where it dumps out by Roosevelt Island, then do a cruise around the island to the Georgetown waterfront, by the Kennedy Center, and back. I also have an inflatable SUP that I take on the Potomac much further upstream, and I do some moderate whitewater with it. It's a great place to SUP and there's even a charity race coming in August, although I'm too nervous to sign up.
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