Glen Echo Park
Protected park · MD, USA
Glen Echo Park in MD, USA. Operated by National Park Service.
Usual hours
- Mon–Sun 6:00–1:00
About
Entrance / day-use fee applies.
This park's official page lists: Restrooms, Picnic areas.
This park's official page lists: Store / concessions.
At the park
- Playground
- Picnicking
- Wildlife & bird watching
Shows and experiences
- Junior Ranger program
Before you go
- Limits
- No. Picnic tables are available to groups of 30 people or less on a first-come, first-served basis
- Getting there
- 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.
- Weather & when to go
- Weather for Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Maryland areas.
- Visitor center
- North Arcade / Glen Echo Park Visitor Center
Facilities on the park map
2 picnic area, 1 restroom, 1 visitor information.
History
- Heritage status
- Listed heritage / protected status
- Heritage status
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places