Gravelly Point

Gravelly Point is an area within the National Park Service's George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. It is located on the west side of the Potomac River, north of Roaches Run and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
The paved Mount Vernon Trail travels through the area. A rugby pitch hosts high school rugby matches. The area also has a boat launch and a Capital Bikeshare dock.
Gravelly Point is a popular spot for plane spotters and others to watch planes take off and land from Reagan National Airport. Airplanes pass between 100 and 200 feet overhead when landing on Runway 19 or taking off from Runway 1. 
History.
In 1746, a house and property near Gravelly Point were owned by Gerrard Alexander, whose family were the namesakes of Alexandria, Virginia. In 1778, the house was part of a slave-tilled farm named Abingdon, and was purchased by John Parke Custis, the son of Martha Washington and stepson of George Washington. Martha Washington's granddaughter Eleanor Parke Custis was later born on the farm. 
In 1930, a house at Abingdon was destroyed by fire and its ruins stabilized.
Proposed renaming.
In 2016, Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA-10) introduced a bill in the United States House of Representatives to rename Gravelly Point as Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, but it did not proceed beyond referral to a subcommittee. Hice introduced a similar bill in 2017 which received approval from the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 17, 2018, in a party-line vote. Hice introduced another bill for the same purpose in 2019 which was referred to a subcommittee and saw no further action .