This is the Potomac River looking north from the point where the Chain Bridge crosses from DC into Virginia. The river looks so small here, not much more than a stream, yet only a mile or so south the Potomac is close to a mile wide. Much of the granite to build DC was quarried from along the Potomac here and further north. This is technically part of the 'Potomac Gorge' and as you travel north through Great Falls the Potomac narrows even further and becomes a torrent that is both a great place for kayaking and the scene of many drownings as people slip off the rocks into the rapids.
This is the Potomac River looking north from the point where the Chain Bridge crosses from DC into Virginia. The river looks so small here, not much more than a stream, yet only a mile or so south the Potomac is close to a mile wide. Much of the granite to build DC was quarried from along the Potomac here and further north. This is technically part of the 'Potomac Gorge' and as you travel north through Great Falls the Potomac narrows even further and becomes a torrent that is both a great place for kayaking and the scene of many drownings as people slip off the rocks into the rapids.
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