2 to 3 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
15 people
English
Explore Great Virginia’s Great Falls Park with this app-based self-guided hiking tour. Discover top highlights and hidden gems, including views of hidden waterfalls, the best rock climbing and rappelling spots, a route through the canals, and an abandoned colonial-era city. The app audio plays automatically using your smartphone’s GPS, making for a seamless way to explore.
This is a SELF-GUIDED Audio Tour of Great Falls National Park.
The self-guided audio tour begins at the Great Falls Visitor Center.
Great Falls Park – the 3rd largest waterfalls in the United States, and one of the largest national parks immediately accessible to Washington DC. With a $20 vehicle access pass (not included in Viator package), you will have full access to the extensive Great Falls Park grounds and trails.
The Viator package includes a guided step-by-step audio tour, including a walking map that syncs to your phone’s GPS, as well as a narrated tour with over an hour of commentary about Great Falls and its hidden treasures.
To ensure an ideal self-guided tour:
Because cell phone service can be less than ideal, please download the VoiceMap app and Great Falls Tour before entering Great Falls Park grounds.
When using the VoiceMap app, please enable GPS/Location to enable the GPS triggered tour.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
An abandoned city once visited by the United States’ first president, George Washington. Walk through the ruins of a long forgotten piece of American history.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The third largest waterfalls in the United States. A must see if you’re in the Washington DC area. You’ll have 3 different viewing platforms for these amazing waterfalls. You’ll also have views over the Mather Gorge downstream of the falls, as well as a view of hikers attempting the perilous Billy Goat Trail cliffs and Potomac River cliff rappelling, including Romeo’s Ladder and Juliet’s Balcony.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free