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2hr Cemetery Tour

Walking
20 Stops
2h
5km
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Tour Overview

Visitors should allow approximately 2 hours to follow this general cemetery tour. It guides visitors to various gravesites and monuments that tell the rich history of Arlington National Cemetery. The walk does have challenging grades, so if walking long distances is a concern, Arlington Cemetery Tours offers transportation around the cemetery. Many of the sites on this tour are easily accessible from tram stops.

Arlington National Cemetery conducts between 27 and 30 funeral services each weekday and between six and eight services on Saturday. The grounds honor those who have served our nation and provide a sense of beauty and peace for our guests. Rolling green hills are dotted with trees that are hundreds of years in age, complementing the gardens found throughout the cemetery's 639 acres. This impressive landscape serves as a tribute to the service and sacrifice of every individual laid to rest within these hallowed grounds.

Stops

  1. Stop 4: John F. Kennedy

  2. Stop 12: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

  3. Stop 1: Welcome / Visitor Center

  4. Stop 13: USS Maine Mast

  5. Stop 6: Civil War Unknowns

  6. Stop 8: General Phillip Kearney

  7. Stop 11: Memorial Amphitheater

  8. Stop 10: Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia

  9. Stop 14: Major Audie Murphy

  10. Stop 9: Canadian Cross of Sacrifice

  11. Stop 15: Spanish American War Memorial

  12. Stop 16: Nurses Memorial

  13. Stop 17: Joe Louis Barrow

  14. Stop 18: Chaplains Hill

  15. Stop 19: Sir John Dill

  16. Stop 5: Pierre Charles L'Enfant

  17. Stop 7: James Tanner Amphitheater

  18. Stop 2: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  19. Stop 3: Thurgood Marshall

  20. Chief Plenty Coups Artifacts

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