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Glen Echo Park
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Glen Echo Park

7300 MacArthur Boulevard

Glen Echo, MD

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Type

Park

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Landmarks

About this place

Glen Echo Park began in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly "to promote liberal and practical education." By 1911, it transformed into DC's premier amusement park until it closed in 1968. Since 1971, the National Park Service has owned and operated the site and today, with the help of the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, offers year-round cultural and recreational activities.

Website

National Park Service information

Hours

Glen Echo Park Grounds and Parking Lot

Monday
6:00AM - 1:00AM
Tuesday
6:00AM - 1:00AM
Wednesday
6:00AM - 1:00AM
Thursday
6:00AM - 1:00AM
Friday
6:00AM - 1:00AM
Saturday
6:00AM - 1:00AM
Sunday
6:00AM - 1:00AM

The grounds of Glen Echo Park are open daily from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. (the next day). No overnight parking.

Directions

By Car: Capital Beltway (I-495), Maryland outer loop exit 40 Cabin John Parkway to Clara Barton Parkway; Virginia inner loop exit 41 Clara Barton Parkway East; follow Clara Barton Parkway to MacArthur Boulevard and Glen Echo exit, left onto MacArthur Boulevard, straight across traffic circle at Goldsboro Road, next left onto Oxford Road, end of street, parking lots on the left. By Metro: Red Line to Bethesda or Friendship Heights Station, transfer to Montgomery County Ride-On Bus # 29, Glen Echo stop.

Official directions

Weather & Seasonal Notes

Weather for Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Maryland areas.

Activities

Arts and CultureCraft DemonstrationsCultural DemonstrationsLive MusicTheaterGuided Tours

Courtesy of the National Park Service

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