The White House and President's Park
District of Columbia
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
6.6 h fully dark
Crowds
low
Open today
Open
Entrance
Free entry
Temporary Closure of Park Areas for the UFC Freedom 250 Events
In conjunction with the event set up, orchestration, and eventual event tear down for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Freedom 250 activities and events, several areas within and surrounding President's Park will be closed to the public from approximately 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, to approximately 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, 2026. For a closure map and more detailed information, please follow the link below.
Official NPS alert →The White House is owned by the American people and stewarded by the National Park Service. It is more than the President's residence; it is a site for protests and national discourse about what it means to be American. As one of the most iconic sites in the country, the White House and President's Park seeks to tell the stories of all people who have lived, worked, and visited.
Activities
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No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
The White House Visitor Center
Generally open:
winterspringsummerfallHours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
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✉ presidents_park@nps.govConditions
Quietest months (fewer crowds): Jan, Feb, Sep, Nov
Typical crowds: low
Weather now: ☀️ Clear, 86°F
🌧️ 86°/75°
☁️ 92°/76°
⛈️ 96°/73°
Typical monthly recreation visits · NPS avg 2023–2025 — orange months are the quietest by crowds.
Quietest months
Relative crowds by month — lighter is quieter; ringed months are the calmest by crowds.
Jan
21%
Feb
24%
Mar
61%
Apr
100%
May
69%
Jun
63%
Jul
62%
Aug
44%
Sep
35%
Oct
57%
Nov
16%
Dec
79%
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Things to do
Silver Line - DC Metro · 1 mi
Blue Line - DC Metro · 1 mi
Red Line - DC Metro · 1 mi
Go sightseeing at President's Park
Explore the White House Visitor Center · <p>There are many exhibits to explore, plus a 14-minute film. To fully experience all the museum has to offer, plan to spend about two hours.</p>
Visitor centers
White House Visitor Center
Accessibility
33 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
By the numbers
A visual read on The White House and President's Park — its character, trails, sky, and weather.
Park fingerprint
How this park scores across the dimensions travelers care about.
Trail difficulty
Difficulty mix across this park's trails.
3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to The White House and President's Park — each spans a cross-park journey.
Abigail Adams
— Women's Rights, First Lady, SuffrageAbraham Lincoln
— Civil War, Politicians Government Officials, UnionAlexander Cochrane
— War Of 1812, Royal Navy, Burning Of WashingtonAndrew Johnson
— Civil War, Politicians Government Officials, American Civil WarBeatrix Farrand
— Landscape, Women's History, Landscape ArchitectDolley Madison
— War Of 1812, Americans, First LadyDwight D. Eisenhower
— Presidents, Eisenhower National Historic Site, WWIIEdith Carow Roosevelt
— Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt, Sagamore HillPassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 White House Visitor Center
Places to see
Bernard Baruch Bench of Inspiration
audio
Boy Scout Commemorative Tribute
audio
Bulfinch Gatehouse East
audio
Bulfinch Gatehouse West
audio
Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain
audio
Commodore Stephen Decatur House
audio
First Division Monument
audio
General Andrew Jackson Statue
audio
General Kosciuszko Statue
audio
General Lafayette Statue
audio
General Rochambeau Statue
audio
General Von Steuben Statue
audioAudio & media
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Future Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited several American sites with his brother in 1929, including New York City, Virginia battlefields, Gettysburg Battlefield, and Washington DC. This article describes Imperial War Museum's video of the sites the party visited at Fredericksburg area battlefields.
View 2022 recipients of the National Park Service Excellence in Education Awards, which recognize expertise within the field of education.
View the recipients of the 2023 National Park Service Excellence in Interpretation Awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to the practice of interpretation and education by NPS employees.
The White House and President’s Park’s environmental educational program gives Title-1 students a chance to learn how much they’re capable of.
President-elect Woodrow Wilson’s train pulled into Washington’s Union Station on March 3, 1913, the day before his inauguration. A relatively thin crowd greeted him and his family before a motorcade took them to a hotel. “Where are all the people?” Wilson asked as he peered out the car window. “On the Avenue, watching the suffrage parade.” Across town, Alice Paul was in the thick of that suffrage procession, an event she created, planned and executed.
On March 2, 1918, a news item appeared on the front page of the Alaskan newspaper The Seward Gateway. Under the headline, “Alice Paul Has Measles,” was a report that the “militant suffrage leader” was confined to her room but carrying on her campaign through the door’s keyhole. Paul was largely unknown five years earlier when she arrived in Washington to work for an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting voter discrimination based on sex.
The first Black woman in the United States to graduate with a degree in forestry, Audrey Calhoun committed to a career in national parks.
National parks in the National Capital Region are experiencing a powerful wave of restoration— from power-washing monuments and scrubbing benches to removing invasive plants and helping connect vulnerable residents with social services. It’s a renewed commitment to both the places and people of Washington, D.C.
Ranger School
Park-grounded courses you can learn with the Ranger.
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