George Washington Birthplace National Monument

National Monument · VA · nps.gov page

Two buildings surrounded by green foliage with a brick path leading to the buildings. — The Memorial House Museum and Colonial Revival Kitchen in SummerPhoto: NPS / Cleo Kantz-Schultz

George Washington Birthplace National Monument is located in the Northern Neck of Virginia. It encompasses 551 acres of land where seven generations of the Washington family lived and where George Washington was born in 1732. The park was also central to one of the earliest efforts to memorialize George Washington during the celebration of his bicentennial birth anniversary in 1932.

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White obelisk in a roundabout, surrounded by trees and the park sign — George Washington Birthplace National Monument in SpringPhoto: NPS / Cleo Kantz-Schultz

A large monument sits in the middle of a roundabout with snow on the ground — George Washington Birthplace National Monument during the winter season.Photo: NPS Photo / Cleo Kantz-Schultz

Brick Memorial House Museum and Wooden Colonial Kitchen — Historic Area landscape of the Memorial House and Colonial KitchenPhoto: NPS Photo / Stephen Girimont

A wooden bridge stretching from shore to shore over a large body of water — Popes Creek Bridge leading to the Nature TrailPhoto: NPS Photo / Cleo Kantz-Schultz

A red brick building surrounded by trees and a dirt path leading to the building — Memorial House MuseumPhoto: NPS Photo / Cleo Kantz-Schultz

Park information and photos come from the National Park Service. This is not an official NPS site.