Meridian Hill Park was once beautiful and majestic. But now it is overgrown and neglected. There is no water running at all. It is still a great place to relax and hang with friends. The park is still enjoyable even if the water is off. It sits in a beautiful area in uptown DC.

Great place for pictures and a stroll, unfortunately the fountains are not functional at the moment and looks like its been neglected. Needs some attention but still a decent place to visit if you are in the area.

Great park! Especially busy on the weekends when it’s warm out. It has some formal-ish landscape structures, e.g. statues, fountains, symmetrical stairs. The fountains are usually not operational... but really nice when they are actually operational.

This is an amazing park tucked away in DC. There was live music when I was walking through last. Great place to walk around and its definitely big enough to take a while to explore and find all the hidden gems. There are nice views of the surrounding neighborhood at the front and back of the park. And plenty of open seating area.

I used to be in love with this park, with the flowers, the water fountains and all the activities on the grounds of it. Unfortunately, it seems that within the past couple of years this park has been neglected which I do not know why. The grass on the main plaza, the state of the pavement, the state of the park fountains and gardens all speak of a glorious past only. It is a shadow of its good past.

Always a Great Time, we practice social distancing & we wear our

My daughter and son-in-law had always wanted to bring me to Meridien Hill Park to hear the drum circle! I love ve being outdoors and Im part of a vibrant drum and dance culture back home to in Cleveland. The drumming and vibe was what I needed to feel at home! I cant wait to return

A very beautiful walk with the family whole visiting. I saw a mini drum circle, a lady painting a masterpiece and a bunch of college kids studying. Good food right around the corner as well. Good spot.

Pretty crowded these days on weekends especially with current pandemic and very few places where people feel they can safely congregate in a group outdoors. Grass often wet and dogs frequently walked here. Be sure to bring something to sit or lay on if plan to come here to picnic or for a bite with friends. Parking scarce so suggest Uber/Lyft, scooter, bicycle or some other means of arrival. Was so packed last there people were sitting in grass by restroom. Decent sized city park with easiest access from 16th Street side.

One of the best park DC has to offer! The most beautiful fountain I have ever seen in a park! Sunday Drum Circles and through COVID they have free Dance Fitness classes by FreestyleDF Saturday and Sundays at 11:00am!! What could be better? Lots to offer!

Such a good time! Perfect fall weather today. 10/10 would recommend

Fantastic public space, you regularly see friends hanging out, people reading books, open air exercise classes, and families. Well maintained and clean as well. The benches on the north end sometimes have mosquitos (might be stagnant water nearby) but the south end and the center of the park seem better.

Perfect place for a socially distanced from others picnic or a cute outdoors date. Public bathrooms are clean and well taken care of.

Its a serene park with so many activities going on at once but it was peaceful. I saw dog walking, different weddings, band playing, pick nicking, bike club meet, boxing lesson, gymnastics and tourism. I was in awe that is was so much goimg on but yet everyone respected everyones space. I do not know if a permit was needed to Officiate the wedding I performed but it was worth it to reserve.

Good park. Pretty place to walk around and spend time with family and friends.

The Sunday drum circle is the best! Ethnic diversity and the overall harmony reminds me why Im proud to be a Washington.

Very beautiful. From the historic row houses to the people. One of a kind.

Vast space in the middle of the crowd place. Nice to take a walk, BBQ, and relax. Beautiful building structure and a beautiful stature of Jeanne dArc. Need some TLC.

Love this park. Malcolm X Park is such a nice place to chill, work out and just vibe. Especially on Sundays. I miss how everyone came together and played their instruments. Everyone was welcomed to join on in

This place is a hidden gem, like playing Tomb Raider or something. Badass statues like Dante and Joan of Arc and sooooooo many steps. Lots of little alcoves. Perfect for secret meetings if thats your thing.

This place is so beautiful, I wish I could afford to live in this neighborhood. The park itself is a wonderful place to come and workout and then sit in the many shady areas to meditate. I did while I was there.

I enjoyed the park. My friends and I ate lunch and played music. Looking at the sky and pondering life. We even got to see an engagement.

I love this place. So beautiful! And its bigger then you think it is. The fountains are beautiful and appear to be well maintained.

This park is filthy. It was a huge disappointment to visit considering all the great things Ive heard about it over the years.

Landmark. The story of Meridian Hill Park begins in 1819, according to the National Park Service, when John Porter built a mansion on this spot. The location was named Meridian Hill because it was the exact longitude of the original District of Columbia milestone marker. African-American astronomer and mathematician Benjamin Banneker helped set up that milestone marker.

Historically know as Malcom X Park. Many historical moments with Martin L King. And other activist. Newly up graded great place for gatherings and the drum circle. Always active good blend of the new and old.

I started visiting this park for years. I really enjoy visits this park. A lot diversity

Beautiful spot to relax and connect with mother earth in middle of a busy city

The park is nice but the bathrooms are locked at 8pm. Also, giant rats come out a night so be aware of that.

Beautiful park with lots of space with opportunities for people watching. Great spot

Beautiful park. Lots of space and always something going on there. You can exercise, people watch, picnic or set up your hammock and read yourself a good book. You can even have a wedding there! Ive always enjoyed this park! Ps its a great place to catch the 4th of July National Firework display!

I love the place! It is great to hangout and people watch. There is tremendous amount of shade from the tall trees.

Great park for picnics, relaxation, and weddings. The Sunday drum circle is a must if you need some place in the city to release stress and have fun.

This historic park is everything! Great place to come clear your mind.

Beautiful Park (!!!) Its a place you can bring a volleyball net, croquet set, a frisbee, guitar, basically anything and relax, however large portions of it are blocked off due to grass growing programs.

Spacious and easy to find a socially distanced spot in the shade even on weekends. Theres a public drum circle every Sunday afternoon. A bummer the fountain isnt on this year tho.

Nice park! Great place for an impromptu yoga class!...Wonder why the name changed to Meridian Hill?

Its a beautiful Park, very spacious. I like to go there and walk for exercise.

Malcolm X park is a dope place for any all people to enjoy. Family friends. I learned to ride my bike in this park at 5 yrs old. I still visit there are drum circles on Sunday. Truly a place where DC residents come together.

The fountains are working again! Beautiful park in all seasons. I just cant give it 5 stars bc of the used condoms and rats Ive spotted in multiple visits.As an aside: I wasnt aware of the historical moments Dr. King had here, wish there was some sort of placard, statue, for that.

Very nice park! So many interesting people!

Meridian Hill Park is a great park on the top of a hill. A beautiful place for any event. Awesome atmosphere and peaceful. I love this place to read meditate or sit and see beauty. Its always good the spend time between trees!

Great place to relax, meet locals. There is a drumming circle on weekends.

Beautiful city park with many levels to enjoy. Fountain is not on yet this year but Ive seen it on before and its a wonderful sight to behold. A few statues and many open spaces provide areas for lounging as well as exercise.

Its an amazing park with a deep and interesting history. Google it, but would recommend going at night.

Great parkWould be 5 stars if people enjoying park would clean up everything they brought to park.

Beautiful small park with a lot of little nooks and a gorgeous fountain

Lovely grounds with tons of mature trees. Looking forward to the fountain repairs and new grass areas being done. Great place for letting the kids run around.

Beautiful day. Not overly crowded. Most people socially distancing and masked

Pretty good, I guess. When its hot outside it kinda smells like pee.

A classic in the District, great for urban picnics in the summer time. Dont miss the traditional drum circle, every Sunday after 3pm.

Great place to just sit back and enjoy nature and people watch.

Nice place, fun but less safe during covid-19. No specific covid-19 plans, people too closed to each other on waiting lines, closed up space, karts not clean after each client, etc.

Dont panic in the Mud-Atlantic. You dont have to be Hispanic as much U wanna be. Should we be so happy go lucky. We are the Eock Creek babies. Mama Papa nature rules in Luv everlasting. #Fiddlasbeat

I loved the park. History and pretty views at once! Glad I visited! Hopefully the water will running next time tho!

This is a great park! Lots of space to picnic, exercise, do yoga, chill with your family and friends, picnic, etc. On Sundays, everyone gathers to play drums. Everyone is welcome to join in. People also come to shoot special event photos.

Shaded outdoor space, one of the treasures of the city.

Meridian Hill Park is a structured urban park located in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Columbia Heights; it also abuts the nearby neighborhood of Adams Morgan. The park was designed and built between 1912 and 1940. This 12 acre (49,000 m²) formally landscaped site is officially part of the National Capital Parks Unit of the National Park System, and is administered by the superintendent of nearby Rock Creek Park. Meridian Hill Park is bordered by 15th, 16th, W, and Euclid Streets NW, and sits on a prominent hill 1.5 miles (2.42 km) directly north of the White House. The park has also been unofficially known as Malcolm X Parkby some city residents.

Not very big, not very beautiful, sketchy people abound. At least its green space in the city.

Very nice place! We came out on a Saturday just to hang out/relax!

A dope little luxurious landmark. I stumbled upon this spot while on a commercial shoot. I felt like I was in a different country. Great views and nice shady solitude. Minus one star because they need to spray the park for the swarms of mosquitos.

Clean, open space, great for exercising or just relaxing reading a book or having a nice picnic.

Beautifully designed but could be better maintained. One can only imagine how gorgeous it must have looked in its day, like a sumptuous Italian garden.

Great place to walk/run/sit. I wish the fountain was working, Ive never seen the water running.

A big, beautiful and open space to hang out with friends and walk with your dog.

Its always neat and clean and the workers knows their job

Meridian hill is a great place to relax, and hangout with friends on the weekends. I enjoy sitting by the fountains while contemplating life the Joan of Arc statue is also an interesting place for a photo, but also a view of the city.

Beautiful park with amazing fountain and interesting topography. Excellent views..

Been riding past for 6 years and finally went into the park. Lots of places to relax in shade and great place for learning about the city from a hilltop view.

The grass is sparse and overgrown in places and it smells like pee sometimes, but its what we can get for nature in the big city. Also the fountains are always broken. How much could grounds keeping possibly cost?Anyhow i went there today and had a picnic and enjoyed it.

A hidden gem of DC! Great place all seasons for green space and fresh air in the city

A good place to walk around. Close to U street to try DC food. Too many mosquitoes though.

Great park for a walk, have a picnic or exercise, different areas and green all over with a lot of shades for the hot days

Its very good place to have fun with family and friends, specially seniors!

Nice place and good for hanging out and excercise

Love this historic space with so many interesting features. Culture abounds! The weekend drum circle is my heartbeat.

Perfect place to hang out on a Sunday afternoon with friends.

I love this park! Dog friendly. Great place to hang out and picnic. Youll find many others doing the same on the weekends. There is a drum circle on Sunday afternoons that is one of my absolute favorite things in DC!

Every Sunday afternoon there is e a drum circle. Dozens of people come to watch, dance or play their drums. You can also have a picnic or take a nap under the trees. Lovely park!!

Smells like pee I think the city can afford for a company to keep up the park better but the architecture is really pretty

A beautiful spot for any occasion. This particular one was the Nipsey Hustle candle light ceremony. #ripnipsey

Nice park but grass is a little rough. Very diverse crowd. Pretty layout with fountain.

Meridian Hill Park is a structured urban park located in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Columbia Heights; it also abuts the nearby neighborhood of Adams Morgan. The park was designed and built between 1912 and 1940. This 12-acre (49,000 m²), formally landscaped site is officially part of the National Capital Parks Unit of the National Park System, and is administered by the superintendent of nearby Rock Creek Park. Meridian Hill Park is bordered by 15th, 16th, W, and Euclid streets NW, and sits on a prominent hill 1.5 miles (2.42 km) directly north of the White House. Since 1969, the park has been also referred to locally as Malcolm X Park. At the time of Washington, D.C.s creation in 1791, the land beneath present-day Meridian Hill Park was owned by Robert Peter, wealthy Georgetown merchant, and was known as Peters Hill. In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson had a geographic marker placed on this large hill. Centered exactly north of the White House, this marker helped to establish a longitudinal meridian for the city and the nation: the White House meridian. After the War of 1812, Commodore David Porter, a naval hero of that war, acquired the hill in 1816 as part of a 110-acre tract of land that he had purchased; he named this property Meridian Hill. On the brow of this prominent hill on his new estate, and close to the marker, Porter then built a large and famous mansion which he also named Meridian Hill.[5] The home faced south with a dramatic view of the White House and the Potomac River. Meridian Hill Park today shares this view.

A delightful park engulfed with history. Mary Foote Henderson envisioned this location for the Presidents & the Peoples house. At evening, its enchantingly alluring. Discover a statue of Dante Alighieri, probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to simply as Dante, an Italian poet. Consider this park as a Divine Comedy and enjoy a stroll through the park.

A lovely fountain and park. Drum Circle is definitely worth catching on Sundays.

Run-down, buggy, no operating fountains, just overgrown weeds & stagnant mosquito ponds. Unkept sidewalk. Graffiti. ...

Today was my first time, it was daytime, and it was beautifully complimented by the weather

Great place to have an outdoor picnic!

Malcom X Park! Loved passing by here for school everyday would either take 16th or 14th to get over to Saint Augustine. Brought my girls to the old neighborhood to show them the difference between Saint Paul, MN and DC, they loved it!

Ok, I saw the photos of this place, went there (May 4- 2018) to explore it and to see the water fountains, then I just shocked “seriously?! Where is the water?”. It’s beautiful park with trees and many seats, walking area, but with no water, it doesn’t look good.

I really love this Park every Sunday I come here to release and relax my mind amongst all walks of .Be free, free your mind body and soul see you there next Sunday bring a friend.

Ive been going through the park for about 50th years i started with walking with my mom

Wow wow wow I love this park! I will recommend it to everyone!

On Sunday evenings, there is always a dancing group celebrating. Join them!Good for pets.

This is a great, middle of the city oasis. Lots of people walking dogs or sitting on the benches reading or talking. I love all of the artistic architecture. I wish the fountains were functioning while I was there.

There are some nice shaded areas with nic grass on the southern end of the park. The fountains were not operational though.

Great place to walk around and relax, it seems like they are in the process of doing some maintenance to fix it back up.

Beautiful park with plenty of places to walk about. Also, it’s very active, which makes it all the more enjoyable. Some interesting overlooks of the city too. Check out the water lily pool in summer!

The place is great. And obviously would look better if the spring was working.

The park is a shell of what Im told that it once was. There is a HUGE gnat problem and the water area is in desperate need of work. The statues have also been defaced and the grass needs to be maintained. Im also told they call it Malcolm X Park...he would be ashamed...