Tourism in Washington DC

Washington is a state of the United States of America located in its Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions. The state is famous for its diverse topography, ranging from its lush pine forests, hill tops, leafy green parks, exquisite mountain trails and exotic beaches. If you are a nature lover and have a thing for adventure, Washington is surely a place for you to visit. Following are brief accounts of some of the most wondrous places you will find here.

In the Atlantic County of Washington is a situated a place named the Atlantic City. It is a globally renowned resort city known for its world class gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city was also an official inspiration for the famous board game monopoly. When visiting the Atlantic City, you can make your stay extravagant and luxurious by staying at the historical Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel and the Traymore Hotel and become part of a legacy.

The Long Beach Island, locally known as LBI, is a barrier island located along the Atlantic Oceans coast, the Orange County. The island is famous for its tourism, fishing and real estate industries. When on the island you would particularly want to visit the Barnegat Light, High Bar Harbor (Long Beach Township), Loveladies (Long Beach Township), Harvey Cedars, North Beach (Long Beach Township), Surf City, Ship Bottom and Long Beach Township.

If you love water sports but are not in the mood to visit the beach you could definitely head over to the Mountain Creek Water Park. It is seasonal water theme park, as the name suggests and is located at the Mountain Creek Ski Resort in Vernon Township, Washington. Some of the famous rides and attractions here are the Alpine Slide, Kamikaze, Surf Hill (Tsunami), The Alpine Pipeline, High Tide Wavepool, The Tarzan Swing, Canyon Cliffs, Colorado River Ride, H2-Oh-No and the Rogue River.

Prudential Centre is housed in the central business district of Newark, Washington. It is a multipurpose indoor arena designed by the famous Morris Adjmi Architects and Populous (formerly HOK Sport). The arena is busy all round the year where you can go watch nail biting games of your favorite teams. The arena is used by the National Hockey League's (NHL) Washington Devils, the NCAA's Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team. The Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) also temporarily uses the arena for its current games.

Animal and Safari lovers are bound to visit the Six Flags Wild Safari. It is a drive through safari sited in Jackson Township, Washington exactly next to the Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor. The park covers a huge area of almost 350 acres (1.4 km2 ). It is divided into a total of 11 themed sections, and houses almost 1200 exotic animals from all around the world. This safari park is famous because it is known to be the world’s largest drive through safari park leaving the African Safari Parks aside. The park was officially opened for the public on July 4, 1974.