The George Washington Memorial Parkway closed at 12 a.m. on Tuesday and will remain closed until further notice, according to the National Park Service.

Friday is expected to be fairly nice again, with mostly cloudy to overcast skies. Isolated rain and snow showers throughout the remainder of the day. Daytime highs in the 30s and 40s.

If frigid weather persists long enough, pancake ice can freeze into a sheet of solid ice. I traveled to Great Falls Park on Saturday morning to photograph the sunrise and the falls coated with ice.

On Jan. 28, 2004, a freight train hauling 119 empty grain cars and three locomotives was traveling from Pasco, Wash. to Great ...

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park is home to one of the country's most spectacular waterfalls — a 260-foot-wide, 77-foot drop that rushes through the Passaic River Gorge and is recognized ...

Great Falls Park has many opportunities to explore history and nature, all in a beautiful 800-acre park only 15 miles from the nation's capital. “of the sense of wonder the parks engender in all its ...