George Washington's Ferry Farm

Had about an hour to kill, drove by and saw this National Park of the childhood home of one of our founding fathers, George Washington. Thought it might be neat to check out. They have a visitor center, where it cost $12 to get a ticket to check out the property and have a guided tour of the home. Still not quite spring yet so most of the gardens, flowers and trees will still pretty bare. I would imagine do that in the springtime or summer that the property is quite stunning. I walked around a little bit checked out the house and then walked down to the Rappahannock River. Saw lots wildlife including some deer and woodpeckers. Got back up to the house so I could meet my tour guide. She seemed pretty knowledgeable, we sat outside the house explain the history and how Washington came to be here. Then went inside and pretty much told the story, mostly about his mother. There are lots of little tidbits to learn and she even sent me a couple times with a few questions. Only really disappointing thing he talked about a lot of artifacts that they found here. Everything is a replica basically they found where the original House was and lots of artifacts in the ground. I wish they had an area of where they showed some of the artifacts off. For $12 it wasn't bad she said that they were getting ready to start building her mother buildings where they think a barn and maybe some enslaved quarters were. I'm sure it's well worth it in the spring or summer time to come walk around. If you're a history buff I think it's well worth your time.

Great place to visit. Very close to Washington DC. Plenty of restaurants close by. Free parking. Beautiful garden.nnThe house was rebuild following original drawings along with the furniture. Our tour guide was excellent she provided a lot of details of the life back in time. Highly recommended.

At the time we went they gave private tours. Tour takes place mainly outside and at the end you get to go inside the house. Tour is about 30 mins and contains interesting content.

Great tour by knowledgeable guide and the bonus of a conversation with Chief Archeologist Dave Muraca. All on a beautiful Fall day. A must see!

Nothing to see other than the replica house that was to long of a wait. We paid 48 dollars for 4 people to walk. So not worth it. Very disappointed!