Hains Point is built on landfill between the Potomac River and the Washington Channel that connects to the Tidal Basin. It is also known as the East Potomac Park. The park features many of Washington's famous cherry trees, a public golf course and a miniature golf course. Hains Point faces Bolling Air Force Base and Fort Lealey Mcnair and the National War College, both both of which are on the eastern shore of the Washington Channel. Hains Point is a frequented by many local residents of the DC metropolitan area, particularly during the summer.

Hains Point is named after Major General Peter Conover Hains, an Army Engineer and mastermind behind the place. Popular with bikers, runners and triathletes in training, Hains Point, at the tip of the park, probably is best known for its stunning sculpture, 'The Awakening.' J. Seward Johnson Jr.'s massive, playful sculpture of a gentle giant struggling to rise out of the earth, enchants children with a Gulliver-like lure. They cavort across his massive palm, attempt to pull his beard and climb atop his raised knee.

Over the years, the giant has been damaged, then repaired, by roughhousing, but his patience knows no bounds. People enjoy public swimming pools, tennis courts, golf, playgrounds and picnic tables at Hains Point. It is a great place to catch the action of planes taking off from Washington National Airport. On weekend afternoons in the late spring and summer, cars are not allowed to enter the loop road around the Hains Point park. By that time on nice days all the parking spots are taken by those who are picnicking and otherwise partying.

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