| Oxon Run Parkway | |
|---|---|
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
 1989 Map showing the Oxon Run Parkway | |
| Location | District of Columbia, United States |
| Coordinates | 38°50′17.5″N 76°59′5.5″W / 38.838194°N 76.984861°W |
| Area | 59 ha (150 acres) |
| Authorized | 1926 |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
The Oxon Run Parkway is a corridor of federal park land in the Washington Highlands neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The Parkway once extended across the District's southern corner in a crescent from Hillcrest Heights to Oxon Hill but most of it became Oxon Run Park in 1971, and now only the portion north of 13th Street still uses the Parkway name. It was originally intended to provide recreation space, but was later enlarged to provide flood relief, space for a major piece of sewer infrastructure and the possibility of a clean drinking water source.
At one time there was to be a road within it, but the road was dropped from the plans. The remaining Parkway is now 146 acres (59 ha).[1][2] 94 acres (38 ha) of the existing site were originally a portion of the Camp Simms rifle range. What remains of the Parkway sits between Southern Avenue, Mississippi Avenue and 13th Street, SE and is now managed by the National Park Service. It contains wetlands, floodplains, springs, and forests as well as the only remaining McAteen magnolia bogs in the District of Columbia.[3]
- ^ "Magnolia Bogs" (PDF). NPS. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Managed Properties in the District of Columbia" (PDF). GAO. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "National Capital Parks-East Natural Resource Condition Assessment" (PDF). Retrieved 30 January 2019.