Self-Guided Habitat Tour

Welcome to the Kingman and Heritage Islands Self-Guided Habitat Tour. Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a regular to the island, we hope you learn and experience something new about this oasis within the city! The online map shows all the stops on the tour, additional points of interest, and options for English, Spanish, and ASL interpretations. The tour can be done in any order, and tour trail markers will have QR codes to access the audio chapter from the website. 

This tour is brought to you by the District Department of Energy and Environment and funded by an EPA Region 3 Wetland Program Development Grant. Thank you to our partners at Living Classrooms and Anacostia Watershed Society for their collaboration in this project development. 

For questions or comments, please email wetlandprogram@dc.gov.

Tour Topics & Locations

  • Head to this next stop. Then click here or scan the QR code to learn more about the tidal freshwater wetland habitat surrounding Kingman + Heritage Islands.

  • Head to this next stop. Then click here or scan the QR code to learn about the mussel habitats surrounding Kingman + Heritage Islands.

  • Head to this next stop. Then click here or scan the QR code to learn more about the tidal freshwater wetland habitat surrounding Kingman + Heritage Islands.

  • Head to this next stop. Then click here or scan the QR code to learn about the submerged aquatic vegetation habitats surrounding Kingman + Heritage Islands.

  • Head to this next stop. Then click here or scan the QR code to learn about the Kingman Island Meadow.

  • Head to this next stop. Then click here or scan the QR code to learn about the vernal pool habitat on Kingman Island.

  • Head to this next stop. Then click here or scan the QR code to learn more about the Anacostia Watershed.

  • Head to this next stop. Then click here or scan the QR code to learn about the Anacostia River and the creation of Kingman + Heritage Islands.