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    Theodore Roosevelt Island

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  • Recent Bicycle Thefts

    Bicycle thefts along the G. W. Memorial Parkway at Theodore Roosevelt Island, Rock Creek Park, and other places have been increasing. Thieves have been cutting locks and stealing bicycles. Please report suspicious activity to Park Police at 703 285 1000

Wilderness beside the Beaten Roads

In the 1930s landscape architects transformed Mason’s Island from neglected overgrown farmland into Theodore Roosevelt Island, a living memorial to America’s 26th president. They conceived a “real forest” designed to mimic the natural forest that once covered the island. Today miles of trails through wooded uplands and swampy bottomlands honor the legacy of a great outdoorsman and conservationist.