Hains Point

Hains Point is an island park located at the southern tip of East Potomac Park. It is an artificial island that was created when dredging materials were built up between 1880 and 1892. The park is used for many events from Girl Scout adventures to families visiting. The park was used as a 'tea house' in the 1920s by the Girl Scouts Association. This was a great adventure for visitors as to arrive at the tea house they had to travel in a car which was a new adventure, the tea house offered refreshments and restrooms for tourists travelling through the area.

The point faces Fort Lesley McNair and the National War College which are on the eastern shore of the Washington Channel. Northwest on the island is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. The point is part of the 330 acres East Potomac Park which features a golf club and aquatic center, along with many cherry trees.

A concrete walking and bike path runs the perimeter of the point, allowing visitors to explore the point and East Potomac Park. Visitors are only able to walk on this path during low tide though as the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers overflow their banks during high tide and cover the path making it unsafe for visitors.

Hains Point was named in memory of Peter Conover Hains who was a Major General in the United State Army. Hains designed the tidal basin in Washington which solved the drainage problems of Washington's marshlands. It was also the location of The Awakening sculpture until it was moved to the National Harbor development in 2008.