Explore Fort Foote Park in Maryland, a Civil War fort near Washington DC featuring 15-inch Rodman cannons, scenic Potomac River views, and the remains of historic wartime defenses of Washington.
If you’re the kind of person who sees a brown National Park Service sign and immediately pulls over… Fort Foote Park might be your thing.
Fort Foote Park is a small Civil War site in Fort Washington, Maryland, managed by the U.S. National Park Service as part of the National Capital Parks–East system. It was built to defend the nation’s capital during the Civil War, and today you can still see two massive 15-inch Rodman cannons sitting on Rozier’s Bluff above the Potomac River…