Free Walking Sightseeing Tours in Washington, United States

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Are you ready for an unforgettable time in Washington, United States? Then you've come to the right place with our sightseeing tours. Whether you prefer a guided free walking tour with insider knowledge or enjoy the freedom of a self-guided route, you'll find exactly what you're looking for. Click on a tour and find out more about the highlights that await you!

Individual Sights in Washington

Self-guided Tour #1

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Number of sights 33 sights
Distance 1.5 km
Ascend 24 m
Descend 23 m

  • Nathaniel Hazard
  • William Pinkney
  • Theodorick Bland
  • James Jackson
  • Thomas Bouldin
  • Levi Casey
  • Jeremiah McLene
  • William H. Emory
  • Joseph Gilbert Totten
  • John Quincy Adams
  • Nicholas Begich
  • Henry Clay
  • John C. Calhoun
  • Archibald Henderson
  • George Mifflin Bache
  • Leonard Matlovich
  • Anne Royall
  • Congressional Cemetery
  • John Gould Stephenson
  • Alexander Dallas Bache
  • Stephen Pleasonton
  • James Pumphrey
  • William Wirt
  • Tom Lantos
  • Joseph Nicollet
  • Anna Thornton
  • George Hadfield
  • William Thornton
  • Elbridge Gerry
  • Pushmataha
  • Thomas Tudor Tucker
  • John Smilie
  • David Walker
Details for Tour #1 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #2

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Number of sights 50 sights
Distance 7.2 km
Ascend 176 m
Descend 174 m

  • National Museum of Natural History
  • Captain Nathan Hale Sculpture
  • Heritage Sculpture
  • Guardianship Sculpture
  • Six-Part Seating
  • Aurora
  • Gothic Personage, Bird-Flash
  • Puellae
  • National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
  • Moondog
  • Four-Sided Pyramid
  • Chair Transformation Number 20B
  • Cubi XXVI
  • Cheval Rouge
  • An Entrance to the Paris Métropolitain
  • Graft
  • House I
  • The Mall
  • Geometric Mouse
  • Horse and Rider
  • Seated Woman on a Bench
  • Clamdigger
  • Seated Yucatan Woman
  • Monument to Balzac
  • Self-Portrait with Model at Bergamo
  • Cubi XII
  • Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
  • Pittsburgh Landscape
  • Lunar Bird
  • Monsoon Drift
  • Figure for Landscape
  • Man Controlling Trade
  • National Gallery of Art
  • Andrew Mellon Memorial Fountain
  • John Marshall Place Park
  • Sir William Blackstone Statue
  • George Gordon Meade Memorial
  • Cubi XI
  • James A. Garfield Monument
  • Peace Monument
  • Robert A. Taft Memorial
  • Acacia Griffins
  • Japanese American Memorial
  • Union Station Plaza
  • American Legion Freedom Bell
  • National Guard Memorial Museum
  • Capital Jewish museum
  • National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
  • Joseph Darlington Memorial Fountain
  • General Winfield Scott Hancock
Details for Tour #2 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #3

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Number of sights 22 sights
Distance 4.5 km
Ascend 89 m
Descend 103 m

  • United States Capitol
  • James A. Garfield Monument
  • Union Square
  • National Museum of the American Indian
  • Museum of the Bible
  • Delta Solar
  • Upright Motive No. 1: Glenkiln Cross
  • Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore)
  • Voltri XV
  • Eros, Inside Eros
  • Brushstroke
  • For Gordon Bunshaft
  • Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
  • Nymph (Central Figure for The Three Nymphs)
  • Monumental Head
  • The Drummer
  • Spatial Concept: Nature
  • The Mall
  • Andrew Jackson Downing Urn
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
  • National Museum of African Art
  • International Spy Museum
Details for Tour #3 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #4

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Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 1.9 km
Ascend 48 m
Descend 55 m

  • Martin Luther Statue
  • Major General George Thomas Statue
  • Thomas Circle
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Major General von Steuben
  • Decatur House
  • Admiral David G Farragut
  • Farragut Square
  • Nuns of the Battlefield Civil War Nurses Monument
Details for Tour #4 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #5

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Number of sights 50 sights
Distance 12.3 km
Ascend 249 m
Descend 268 m

  • Union Station Plaza
  • Capital Jewish museum
  • Joseph Darlington Memorial Fountain
  • John Marshall Place Park
  • George Gordon Meade Memorial
  • Cubi XI
  • Andrew Mellon Memorial Fountain
  • Man Controlling Trade
  • Delta Solar
  • Figure for Landscape
  • Horse and Rider
  • Clamdigger
  • Monsoon Drift
  • Lunar Bird
  • Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore)
  • Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
  • Cubi XII
  • For Gordon Bunshaft
  • Brushstroke
  • Eros, Inside Eros
  • Geometric Mouse
  • Andrew Jackson Downing Urn
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
  • House I
  • Graft
  • An Entrance to the Paris Métropolitain
  • Cheval Rouge
  • Cubi XXVI
  • Chair Transformation Number 20B
  • Four-Sided Pyramid
  • Aurora
  • Captain Nathan Hale Sculpture
  • Heritage Sculpture
  • Guardianship Sculpture
  • General Winfield Scott Hancock
  • Louis Daguerre Statue
  • Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
  • Brigadier General Count Casimir Pulaski
  • Bearing Witness
  • Infinity
  • The Gwenfritz Sculpture
  • German-American Friendship Garden
  • Jefferson Pier Stone
  • John Paul Jones Memorial
  • Japanese Lantern
  • DC War Memorial
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
  • Japanese Pagoda
  • Jefferson Memorial
Details for Tour #5 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #6

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Number of sights 35 sights
Distance 9 km
Ascend 209 m
Descend 213 m

  • DAR Museum
  • DAR Constitution Hall
  • Interior Museum
  • The Liberator Simon Bolivar Memorial
  • Art Museum of the Americas
  • General Jose Gervasio Artigas Statue
  • Lockkeeper's House
  • US Capitol West Gatehouse
  • Second Infantry Division Memorial
  • German-American Friendship Garden
  • General John J. Pershing Statue
  • National World War I Memorial
  • Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
  • Alexander Hamilton Statue
  • General William T. Sherman Monument
  • Zero Milestone
  • The Ellipse
  • White House Kitchen Garden
  • Rose Garden
  • First Division Monument
  • Canova Lions
  • Octagon House
  • Major General John A. Rawlins Statue
  • Bernardo de Galvez
  • National Museum of American Diplomacy
  • Albert Einstein Memorial
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Vietnam Women's Memorial
  • The Three Soldiers
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
  • John Ericsson National Memorial
  • Arlington Memorial Bridge
Details for Tour #6 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #7

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Number of sights 29 sights
Distance 7.8 km
Ascend 187 m
Descend 177 m

  • Rigo Walled Park
  • Samuel Gompers Memorial Park
  • Edmund Burke Statue
  • Old Greyhound Bus Terminal
  • Commercial National Bank
  • Major General Lafayette
  • White House Peace Vigil
  • Renwick Gallery
  • Major General Rochambeau
  • Decatur House
  • Major General von Steuben
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Brigadier General Kosciuszko
  • Major General James B. McPherson
  • McPherson Square
  • Franklin Square
  • Thomas Circle
  • Major General George Thomas Statue
  • Martin Luther Statue
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Council House
  • Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
  • Major General John A. Logan Monument
  • Brodhead-Bell-Morton Mansion
  • Hahnemann Monument
  • Lieutenant General Winfield Brevet Scott Statue
  • Daniel Webster Memorial
  • Nuns of the Battlefield Civil War Nurses Monument
  • Farragut Square
  • Admiral David G Farragut
Details for Tour #7 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #8

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Number of sights 50 sights
Distance 14.3 km
Ascend 429 m
Descend 423 m

  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • The Three Soldiers
  • Albert Einstein Memorial
  • National Museum of American Diplomacy
  • Major General John A. Rawlins Statue
  • Octagon House
  • Canova Lions
  • DAR Museum
  • DAR Constitution Hall
  • Interior Museum
  • The Liberator Simon Bolivar Memorial
  • Art Museum of the Americas
  • General Jose Gervasio Artigas Statue
  • Lockkeeper's House
  • Second Infantry Division Memorial
  • German-American Friendship Garden
  • Jefferson Pier Stone
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • The Gwenfritz Sculpture
  • National Museum of American History
  • Infinity
  • The Mall
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • Benjamin Franklin Statue
  • Bearing Witness
  • Brigadier General Count Casimir Pulaski
  • General John J. Pershing Statue
  • National World War I Memorial
  • Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
  • Alexander Hamilton Statue
  • General William T. Sherman Monument
  • The Ellipse
  • First Division Monument
  • Renwick Gallery
  • Major General Rochambeau
  • Brigadier General Kosciuszko
  • Major General Lafayette
  • Major General James B. McPherson
  • McPherson Square
  • Franklin Square
  • Commercial National Bank
  • Old Greyhound Bus Terminal
  • Edmund Burke Statue
  • Samuel Gompers Memorial Park
  • Carnegie Library of Washington D.C
  • Rigo Walled Park
  • Louis Daguerre Statue
  • Homeless Jesus
  • Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Details for Tour #8 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #9

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 5 km
Ascend 50 m
Descend 46 m

  • African American Civil War Memorial
  • Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
  • Major General John A. Logan Monument
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Council House
  • Brodhead-Bell-Morton Mansion
  • Hahnemann Monument
  • Lieutenant General Winfield Brevet Scott Statue
  • Daniel Webster Memorial
  • Stead Park Recreation Center
  • Toutorsky Mansion
  • National Museum Of American Jewish Military History
  • Dupont Circle
  • Sonny Bono Park
  • John Witherspoon Statue
Details for Tour #9 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #10

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 3.7 km
Ascend 54 m
Descend 48 m

  • Japanese Pagoda
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
  • Japanese Lantern
  • John Paul Jones Memorial
  • World War II Memorial
  • DC War Memorial
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial
  • John Ericsson National Memorial
  • Arlington Memorial Bridge
Details for Tour #10 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #11

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Number of sights 21 sights
Distance 7.8 km
Ascend 163 m
Descend 147 m

  • The Mall
  • International Spy Museum
  • Museum of the Bible
  • National Museum of the American Indian
  • Union Square
  • James A. Garfield Monument
  • Ulysses S. Grant Statue
  • Peace Monument
  • Robert A. Taft Memorial
  • Acacia Griffins
  • Japanese American Memorial
  • Washington Union Station
  • American Legion Freedom Bell
  • Union Station Plaza
  • United States Capitol
  • Statue of Freedom
  • Emancipation Hall
  • Capitol Hill
  • Seward Square
  • Olive Risley Seward Statue
  • Lincoln Park
Details for Tour #11 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #12

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 5.4 km
Ascend 125 m
Descend 107 m

  • Frances Perkins House
  • Sheridan Circle
  • Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Statue
  • Q Street Northwest
  • Taras Shevchenko Statue
  • Anderson House
  • Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue
  • The Phillips Collection
  • American Fazl Mosque
  • Laogai Museum
  • Joan of Arc Memorial
  • Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park
  • Serenity Statue
  • José Martí Héroe Nacional de Cuba
Details for Tour #12 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #13

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 5.8 km
Ascend 97 m
Descend 101 m

  • Sonny Bono Park
  • John Witherspoon Statue
  • Dupont Circle
  • Mohandas K. Gandhi Statue
  • Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Statue
  • Q Street Northwest
  • Taras Shevchenko Statue
  • Anderson House
  • The Phillips Collection
  • Sheridan Circle
  • American Fazl Mosque
  • Laogai Museum
  • National Museum Of American Jewish Military History
  • Toutorsky Mansion
  • Stead Park Recreation Center
Details for Tour #13 in Washington

Self-guided Tour #14

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 2.8 km
Ascend 82 m
Descend 64 m

  • Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory
  • Bishop John Carroll
  • Volta Bureau
  • Dumbarton Oaks
  • Dumbarton Oaks Park
Details for Tour #14 in Washington

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Why Visit Sights? Self-guided sightseeing tours are a free and safe alternative to bus tours. You can explore Washington at your own pace, any time! Do something good for your health by walking.