Fort Stevens

Link the Fort Circle Parks

Findings

In 1902, the McMillan Plan designated these former defensive Civil War forts as parkland, a belt of green spaces around Washington. Today these parks present opportunities for recreation, leisure, natural resource protection, and historic interpretation in many local Washington communities. The Fort Circle Parks located in upper Northeast and in the southeastern portion of the city across the Anacostia River should serve areas of the city that have limited access to parkland.

Issue

The Fort Circle Parks system has yet to meet its full potential as a connected greenway surrounding much of Washington and as a cultural destination highlighting historic Civil War resources

Planning Concepts

Proposed Actions

Implement the existing Fort Circle Parks General Management Plan and create destinations within local communities: promote parks cultural and natural resources; create recreation, interpretation, and education opportunities; link the parks through a system of walkable, greened streets and trails that also connect to the surrounding communities, and waterfronts, and to local, regional, and national trail systems.

CapitalSpace work in the Fort Circle parks include two model projects for Fort Stanton and Fort Mahan.

Draft Documents

Connectivity Diagram