Hains Point

In 1920, Girl Scouts obtained permission to operate a "tea house" at the Hains Point Park in Washington D.C.

[3] From before 1940 and until 1949, Black families were only allowed to picnic at Hains Point, and were forbidden from playing in the segregated golf, tennis, and swimming facilities.

[6] The point faces Fort Lesley McNair and the National War College, both of which are on the eastern shore of the Washington Channel, and Bolling Air Force Base, across the Anacostia River.

[11] The perimeter of Hains Point and the rest of East Potomac Park is lined with a concrete walking/bike path.

[12] A straight and generally flat stretch of road extends in a loop along the perimeter of East Potomac Park, including Hains Point.

This stretch of road, estimated by some as 3.2 miles (5.2 km) long (including Buckeye Drive), is a favorite of the local bicycling and inline skating community.

Hains Point in 1935
The Awakening , a sculpture by J. Seward Johnson Jr. at its former site at Hains Point
Hains Point as seen from across the Washington channel, at the Southwest Waterfront