George Washington’s - Mount Vernon, is a must see while traveling in the DC area. The grounds are immaculate and have been restored beautifully to match what they have found to be historically correct. I found the property clean and well maintained and would wear walking shoes and plan to spend 2-3 hours at this location. If you are wheelchair bound you will need assistance going up and down the hills as there is a lot of gravel that makes navigating it difficult on your own. If you are traveling with young children you might want to skip the feature film they share in the welcome center it’s well done but they share some gruesome death scenes and it is about 25 minutes long. The film is great if you know little to nothing about the history of George Washington I would spend the time to watch it. You need to plan to go early in the day if you want to have a shot at touring the main house - it’s a long wait and you need time tickets to enter. There is an upper and lower garden with houses that line each side from slave quarters to horses stables. The tomb site is worth seeing it’s a bit of a walk but be sure to stop and pay respects. There is a store, place to eat and restrooms on the facility.

Fantastic. The grounds and house are about Washington the farmer rather than General Washington or President Washington. Those are covered in the museum and the many folks. Very well done. Take the little cruise on the Potomac for a view of the house from the river and to cool off. The 16- sides grit Mill barn is unique. We saw a sheep being hard sheared, which was a treat (happens in may only). Just an amazing place.

I cherish this place. The tours are interesting, the speakers and presentations are interesting and give topical points of view you'd never consider other than the opportunity to hear these presentations. Highly recommend presentation on wardrobe. It is very entertaining and covers history of a number of topics of interest to both men and women. Events are held here regularly. Even the food in the restaurant has improved over the years.

A great sight!!! This is more than just George Washington's home. It's the farm land and plantation and surrounding grounds. This area is expansive and takes a great while to walk around and see all of the details. There are great reenactments and guides in historic dress. Allow enough time to walk through and see all the sights. It could definitely take all day. A wonderful experience!

This place was awesome! The history behind the Washington house and farm was really super interesting and quite beautiful (even in a cloudy rainy day). The "exhibit/educational" portion was interesting and informative. You can see pretty much everything in a day, but it will take longer to "get everything"...if that makes sense. There's a restaurant there; didn't eat there so no review of that. There's also a good souvenir shop with lots of cool stuff. Definitely worth the trip!