Gravelly Point

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Airplane taking off, as seen from Gravelly Point. It is beginning a left turn to avoid restricted airspace over Washington, D.C.
Airplane taking off, as seen from Gravelly Point. It is beginning a left turn to avoid restricted airspace over Washington, D.C.

Gravelly Point is a park in Arlington, Virginia, United States. The Park is located north of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, along the George Washington Parkway, and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

The park is a primary intersection on weekends of boaters, cyclists, and plane-spotters. Its unique location just a few hundred feet from the north-end of Reagan's runway 1/19 makes it one of the best spots in the United States for plane-spotting.

Gravelly Point is also where the DC Ducks tours end the water portion of their tours. The tours begin at Union Station and enter the water at Columbia Island Marina. The DC Ducks tour uses amphibious vehicles and is one of the most distinctive tours in the Washington Area.

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