PARKING
New Safety Measures in "Permit Parking Only" Lot at Glen Echo Park
The National Park Service is implementing a number of measures to improve safety of the small "permit parking only" lot at 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Speed bumps have been added to the lot and the direction of traffic is being changed to "one way" around the lot. These measures will improve the safety of all who use the parking lot.
An electronic message board will be in place for approximately two weeks to inform park visitors of the new traffic pattern. This small parking lot is "permit parking only" from 8am to 4pm daily. A large parking lot located on Oxford Road is open for parking (no permits needed) when Glen Echo Park is open (6am--1am).New Visitor Information Signs Installed at Clara Barton NHS & Glen Echo Park.
The National Park Service is installing new visitor information signs at Clara Barton National Historic Site and Glen Echo Park. The work will take place over the next two weeks. These signs will help visitors locate the different classes, programs, and historic structures in both areas and provide brief information as to each site's historic significance.
For further information please contact Polly Angelakis, Site Manager, Clara Barton NHS & Glen Echo Park (301-320-1400).
The mailing address of Glen Echo Park is 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812. However, our parking lot is located at 5801 Oxford Road.
DIRECTIONS
By Car From the Capital Beltway
From Maryland, take the Capital Beltway (I-495) to exit 40 (Cabin John/Clara Barton Parkway).
From Virginia, take the Capital Beltway (I-495) to exit 41 East (Clara Barton/Cabin John Parkway, towards Washington).
In both cases, stay in the leftmost lane of the Parkway and travel 2.5 miles. Take the exit from the Parkway marked MacArthur Boulevard/Glen Echo. Note: this is a left exit. Travel slowly on the exit and follow the sign to MacArthur Boulevard.
Turn left onto MacArthur Boulevard. Go two blocks to Oxford Road (just past the Glen Echo shopping center) and turn left into the Glen Echo Park parking lot.
By Car From Downtown Washington, D.C.
Follow Massachusetts Avenue in the Northwest direction to its end at Goldsboro Road (Maryland Route 614) in Bethesda, Maryland
Turn left on Goldsboro Road and follow it to its end at MacArthur Boulevard. Turn right on MacArthur Boulevard and take the first left at Oxford Road into our parking lot.
Public Transportation
Take Montgomery County Ride-On bus #29 operating daily from the Friendship Heights metro station on the Red Line. For information on rates and schedules visit www.montgomerycountymd.gov
