Washington DC Sites at Night Guided Bicycle Tour
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Washington DC, USA
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Experience the beauty of Washington, D.C. at night on this monuments at night bike tour of the city. Check out the Jefferson, Lincoln and WWII memorials once the sun goes down and explore the Vietnam War Memorial and the National Mall at night. This popular tour offers travelers the chance to explore on two wheels after dark when monuments are less crowded.
- Monuments at Night Bike Tour
- See the Vietnam War Memorial, Jefferson, Lincoln and WWII memorials and more
- Bike tour covers a distance of 4 miles, is graded easy and is perfect for the whole family
- Efficient and fun way to explore the monuments and memorials around the National Mall
What's Included
- Three hour fully guided tour
- Use of Bicycle
- Helmet (Mandatory)
- Safety lights
- Reflective vest
- Equipment for kids of all sizes and ages
- Gratuities
- Hotel pick up and drop off
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 701 D St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
We are located at 801 D Street NW, right by the US Navy Memorial Plaza
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
Your three-hour evening bike tour offers travelers the chance to check out the monuments, National Mall and Potomac Tidal Basin after dark. It’s an efficient, yet leisurely way to explore the monuments.
Reflective safety jackets, lights and helmets insure safe passage after the sunsets. And bottled water and snacks mean no one will go hungry. This easy four-mile tour is ideal for the whole family and includes tons of DC highlights. Follow your guide to the Washington Monument; cruise past the Lincoln, FDR, Jefferson and WWII Memorials and check out some of the city’s other popular landmarks, like the Korean War Memorial and the Vietnam Memorial on this memorable evening tour.
Reflective safety jackets, lights and helmets insure safe passage after the sunsets. And bottled water and snacks mean no one will go hungry. This easy four-mile tour is ideal for the whole family and includes tons of DC highlights. Follow your guide to the Washington Monument; cruise past the Lincoln, FDR, Jefferson and WWII Memorials and check out some of the city’s other popular landmarks, like the Korean War Memorial and the Vietnam Memorial on this memorable evening tour.
1
Washington DC
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Washington Monument
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
The White House
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
4
National World War II Memorial
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Constitution Gardens
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
6
Vietnam Women's Memorial
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
7
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
8
Lincoln Memorial
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
9
Korean War Veterans Memorial
7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
10
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
11
Tidal Basin
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
12
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
13
Jefferson Memorial
7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
14
Washington DC
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Tours begin on time, your tour check-in time is important. You must check-in 15 minutes prior to tour departure time. We can not guarantee we can accommodate late customers.
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Bike headlights and reflective vests are provided for safety.
- Tours may be canceled if the weather makes for dangerous riding conditions.
- Trailer carriages and trailer tandems are available for children not old enough or comfortable on their own bike
- To ride in a trailer carriage, the child needs to be able to hold up their head up and wear a helmet
- Near public transportation
- Participants will ride approximately 5 miles over a period of three hours. It is appropriate for the casual exerciser.
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
We had an amazing time on the night bike ride. Saw so many of DC’s major sites. Matt was such a great guide! Knowledgeable, professional, and very helpful. He took photos for us and worked hard to make our trip safe and fun. Our 13 year old grandson rated it top excursion on our trip!
Reviews
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Awesome experience! It’s the elite way to see the monuments! Recommend to everyone! The tour guides are very accommodating!
I never rode an e-bike before. They gave great instructions and made it so easy. The tour guide knew so many facts about the monuments. Riding with the group was so fun. Our guide kept us safe. I would do it again!
It was a beautiful way to see the monuments! The guide, Greg was knowledgeable and respectful. We enjoyed the tour.
Steve was a great guide! This was a very pleasant way to see the main sites and kept my teens entertained.
Fabulous evening activity. A great way to see the monuments. Our tour guide, Bret was wonderful. Highly recommended!
Unlimited Bikes DC is a solid bike company with amazing tour guides! Our guide, Lorenzo, was a phenomenal guide, he was patient, kind, knowledgeable, and an easy going guy! Him being a former national park ranger, he knew plenty about each monument/memorial. He also kept talks brief and concise that gave us more time at the site. Our favorite was the TJ memorial beautiful way to end the night!
Thanks Lorenzo!
Response from Host, Jul 2026
Thank you, Philip! We're so glad Lorenzo's patience, kindness, and deep knowledge, especially from his background as a former national park ranger, made such a strong impression. It's wonderful to hear our team lives up to that reputation. We'll pass along your kind words to him. Hope to see you again soon!
Evening bike ride was so much fun to get up close to the monuments. Even though we were blocked by activities happening on the mall, the leader made sure everyone was safe and together. We even had an extra bonus of some flyovers! Just taking a regular bike was fine and there was no need for an e-bike unless that is your thing. There was plenty of time at each of the stops and I never felt rushed.
This bike tour is one of the funniest stores I’ve ever been on. Not only where the bike is easy to maneuver, but Mary, the tour guide was amazing in showing us all of the different monuments. She has a connection to the city and she’s a fourth generation Washington resident and so it sounds like it means a little bit more to her because of the personal connection.
My daughter and I are from California and traveled out here and just came on this tour on a whim. We are so glad we did.
Matt was a great tour guide. We traveled with our grandson and friends with their grandchildren. We had a wonderful time and this is a great way to see the monuments at night. I highly recommend this tour!
Absolutely amazing. I've done this tour twice now!
Great for all ages!
You see all.of the monuments. Absolute must
A great bike tour! Doable for anyone who knows how to ride a bike. The facts and all the sites were great. The guide gave us enough time at each location.
We got hit with so many things that could have made the trip not as enjoyable but we all had great attitudes and all was happenstance and nothing in the control of the tour guide. Ex: a crazy amount of bugs on the oath that we rode through; rogue sprinklers that had it out for us (no one got wet though!); massive kid tour groups and the UFC fight setup increasing the amount of people at the Lincoln memorial.
With all that it was still such a great tour and I recommend it!
Great experience with a great guide. Joe took me to new places that I hadn’t been to and was entertaining. The ride on the bridge was my favorite. It was relaxing and peaceful. Joe was able to help us navigate traffic. Wonderful all around.
Highly recommend! Great way to see a lot of monuments in a short amount of time. Joe had fantastic info and interesting fun facts. We did e-bikes but would have been fine with regular bikes too.
The bike tour was amazing. Had great weather and our tour guide Abby was amazing. Mafe it easy with the e-bike.
I would NOT recommend this tour! I just completed my bike tour on 5/2/2026, I am really unhappy that we were the only ones using e-bikes, when the rest of the group and the guide were all riding regular bikes. it’s very hard to keep up with slow bikes and eventually we turned off the e-bikes because it was so annoying and didn’t even get the e-bike benefit. I think the company should have offered us the ability to downgrade to regular bikes like the rest of the group for a refunded difference.
I did this tour a year ago on e-bikes and it was the best thing ever and I could not recommend it higher.
This was one of the best evening tours I have been on in DC. Typically, my family and I do the double decker tours instead. Riding a bike in DC allows you to have an intimate view of the national mall. ABBY was a great tour guide, very informative and kind. Always ensuring all of us stuck together and kept us at a steady pace so it was enjoyable for anyone's capabilities. Highly recommend this tour of the national mall!!
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you so much for this fantastic review!
We’re thrilled to hear this was one of your best evenings in DC—seeing the National Mall by bike really does offer a unique and up-close experience.
Abby will be so happy to hear your kind words. She takes great care in keeping the group together and making sure everyone feels comfortable while still having a fun and informative ride.
Thanks again for the recommendation—we hope to welcome you and your family on another tour soon! 🚲
Really cool experience after walking around the entire day, Joe was an awesome guide to a cool group. He allowed plenty of time for us to roam and gave historical background and context to help bridge the gap of what we forgot in school :) would absolutely recommend evening bike. PS was oddly hot this week, but the even ride was perfect temp!
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you for the awesome review!
We’re so glad you enjoyed the evening ride—especially after a full day of exploring. It’s a great way to experience DC from a different perspective.
Joe will be happy to hear your kind words! Giving that mix of time to explore and meaningful context is exactly what we aim for.
And yes… those warmer days can sneak up on you, but we’re glad the evening weather made for a perfect ride 😊
Thanks again for the recommendation—we hope to see you on another tour soon! 🚲
Educate yourself about the site first.
Disorderly hand out. My bike needed work. It was shifting gears by itself making it difficult to ride.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you for your feedback—we’re sorry to hear about your experience.
It’s disappointing to hear that the bike had issues during your ride, as we always aim to provide well-maintained equipment. We’ll be sure to share this with our team so it can be addressed.
We also appreciate your comments regarding the organization of the tour and will take this into account as we continue to improve the experience.
Thank you again for bringing this to our attention.
Awesome and informative your. Adrian was a fantastic guide! Monuments looked beautiful at night. Really enjoyed it, good length and easy ride
Response from Host, Apr 2026
We’re so happy to hear you had a fun family experience and enjoyed seeing the monuments at night—it really is a special way to explore DC.
Adrian will be thrilled to hear your kind words! Glad the pace and length felt just right for an easy, enjoyable ride.
Thanks again, and we hope to see you on another tour soon 🚲
A fun evening biking through DC. Easy cycling, interesting sites and well narrated. DC has wonderful bike lanes so it’s easy riding the route.
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you for your lovely review!
We’re so glad you enjoyed a fun evening exploring DC by bike. It’s great to hear the ride felt easy and that you enjoyed the sites and narration along the way.
You’re absolutely right—DC’s bike lanes make it a fantastic city for riding!
Hope to see you again on another tour soon 🚲
Our guide, Blake, was ready and able to answer ALL of our questions. It was such a great way to see so many of the monuments.
Tour guide was super informative and patient. Didn’t rush anyone and it was a relaxing and fun way to see DC! Highly recommend!
Our guide was top notch, Albert. He taught us a lot, was fun, accessible, and checked in with us regularly.
Gave 4 stars purely bc the equipment team didn’t orientate us to our e-bikes and that took a bit of time and Albert to give us instruction.
We loved this tour! All my five kids ages 15-4 had a great time. The 4 year old rode on an attachment bike behind my husband and she loved it! We did it at night and it was the best time to see all the monuments lite up. Abby was awesome and gave a brief but educational explanation of all the monuments and then let us walk around. I would tell everyone to book this tour. It’s 3 hours so eat before but the route was so easy and flat/doable for any age or biking level.
Awesome evening on bikes viewing the Monument mall and many memorials. Safe, fun, and beautiful evening lighting.
Great way to see all the monuments. Our tour guide Joe went above and beyond what was listed on the itinerary. It would be hard to safely cycle through so many places when new to the city. My teen daughter had a lot of fun too.
Definitely a must for your visit! Best way to see the monuments. Joe was an awesome guide and took great care of us!
I would recommend the bike ride experience. we booked our experience for 2:30 in the afternoon. I would recommend you are familiar with a bike and it would be helpful if you knew how to change gears due to some inclines during the ride. Our tour guide Joe gave us lots of good information and we covered a lot of ground in three hours. The afternoon time had lots of pedestrian congestion, and at times it was a little difficult to maneuver through people. Maybe the nighttime or early morning would be less congested. The Unlimited Biking company worked with us when we had to reschedule a night ride due to rain. This is a great way to see the monuments and not be exhausted at the end from all the walking.
Amazing tour. Stunning at night. No need to be an experienced bike rider, the bike paths are fabulous.
Informative, great nighttime experience, Jose our guide was great! Easy ride, just the right time at all the attractions.
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