Shepherd Parkway

Shepherd Parkway
Map showing the location of Shepherd Parkway
Map showing the location of Shepherd Parkway
LocationDistrict of Columbia
Nearest cityWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°49′56.5″N 77°00′46.6″W / 38.832361°N 77.012944°W / 38.832361; -77.012944
Area205.51 acres (0.8317 km2)
Established1927
Governing bodyNational Capital Parks-East, National Park Service

Shepherd Parkway is part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington. It includes two forts (Forts Greble and Carroll), of which some remains still exist. The parkway runs along the high ground opposite the Anacostia Freeway (Interstate 295) from Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling in the District of Columbia. Shepherd Parkway is bordered on the north by St. Elizabeths Campus and the District of Columbia neighborhoods of Congress Heights and Bellevue and on the south (near Oxon Run) by Bald Eagle Hill.