Lower Senate Park
Lower Senate Park is a peaceful and accessible green space near Capitol Hill, known for its beautiful cherry trees, ample seating, and the notable Senate Fountain. It offers wheelchair accessible entrances and parking, making it welcoming for all visitors. The park features a calm atmosphere with a mix of shaded and sunny areas, ideal for relaxation during walks or lunch breaks. It is a tranquil alternative to busier nearby parks, suitable for both dogs and children.
Reviews
An open space lacking spatial definition ideal for a new infill development
As I’ve written in my other reviews of the neighborhood, it doesn’t cut it to just walk up to the Capitol building and take a pic and go. The whole area is gorgeous and splattered with little places to go see. One such is the Senate park. In particular, there’s an absolutely fantastic – relatively lesser known – fountain here called the Senate Fountain. It’s right on your way to the Capitol. Surprisingly, many people miss it. So take a pause. Look at this gorgeous structure!
It should be on your holiday cards!
Too much traffic Sunday to go to the Tidal Basin and Haines Point to see the cherry blossoms, so I turned around and went up 395 through the tunnel to Capitol Hill. Wound up parking on the north side of the Senate Park on the street. Plenty of parking, few people, beautiful cherry trees, lots of benches. Nice alternative to the Tidal Basin. Across the street is the memorial apologizing for internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, well worth a visit.
I visited during a lunch break to see the blossoming cherry trees. It was nice and calming, just enough shade and sun.
Walked through on my way back from the Air and Space Museum to Union Station on a Saturday in October. Very peaceful, and the fountain was nice. Got to see a car on fire and that was the highlight of my trip – not sure it will still be there when you go.