Rock Creek Park is a large urban natural area with public park facilities that bisects Washington, D.C. The park is administered by the National Park Service.
Read more about Rock Creek Park: Rock Creek Park, Peirce Mill, Montrose and Dumbarton Oaks Parks, Old Stone House, Administrative History
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“The Wind begun to rock the Grass
With threatening Tunes and low”
—Emily Dickinson (18301886)
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