Bladensburg

Worth seeing in and around Bladensburg

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   The Catholic University of America

   The Catholic University of America is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is one of two pontifical universities of the Catholic Church in the United States – the only one that is not primarily a seminary – and the only institution of higher education founded by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

   6 km · private Catholic University in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Archdiocese of Washington

   The Archdiocese of Washington is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church for the District of Columbia and several Maryland counties in the United States. The archdiocese is home to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

   5 km · archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church serving Washington, D.C., and five counties of Maryland, United States · Wikipedia
3. 03
   College Park–University of Maryland

   College Park–University of Maryland station is a Washington Metro and MARC station located in College Park, Maryland, United States, near the University of Maryland, College Park campus. It is served by the Green Line and Yellow Line on the Metro while also providing limited service on the MARC Camden Line.

   4.1 km · rail station in College Park, Maryland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   National Bonsai Foundation

   The National Bonsai Foundation is a nonprofit organization that was created to sustain the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum. NBF also helps the United States National Arboretum showcase the arts of bonsai and penjing to the general public.

   4.7 km · nonprofit organization that was created to sustain the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens

   Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens is a National Park Service site located in the north eastern corner of Washington, D.C., near the Maryland state border. Nestled near the banks of the Anacostia River and directly west of the Baltimore–Washington Parkway, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens preserves a plethora of rare waterlilies and lotuses in the cultivated ponds near the river.

   4 km · park in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Fort Bunker Hill

   Fort Bunker Hill was one of seven temporary earthwork forts of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army. From west to east, the forts were: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln.

   5.1 km · historical fort in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia
7. 07
   SECU Stadium

   SECU Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. It is the home of Maryland Terrapins football and men's lacrosse teams, which compete in the Big Ten Conference.

   5.6 km · stadium in Maryland, USA · Wikipedia
8. 08
   University of Maryland Global Campus

   The University of Maryland Global Campus, formerly known as the University of Maryland University College from 1959 to 2019, is a public university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Established in 1947 as the College of Special and Continuation Studies of the University of Maryland, College Park, UMGC is dedicated to serving working adults, military service members, veterans and their families.

   5.5 km · one of 11 degree-granting institutions within the University System of Maryland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Greenbelt Park

   Greenbelt Park is a park in Greenbelt, Maryland, that is managed by the National Park Service as part of National Capital Parks East. The forested park lies approximately ten miles northeast of Washington, D.C., and is situated just within the Capital Beltway.

   5.4 km · park in Greenbelt, Maryland, managed by the United States National Park Service · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Mount Olivet Cemetery

    Mount Olivet Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 1300 Bladensburg Road, NE in Washington, D.C. It is maintained by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. The largest Catholic burial ground in the District of Columbia, it was one of the first in the city to be racially integrated.

    5.4 km · cemetery in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia

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Getting to Bladensburg

Airports

Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 14 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 34 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 45 km

Stations

College Park Airport, 4.4 km · Capitol Heights, 6 km · Benning Road, 5.7 km · Brookland–CUA, 5.7 km · Deanwood, 3.7 km

• Dulles → Bladensburg

  44 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · $4.5–6
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• Richmond → Bladensburg

  161 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · $15–20
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• Philadelphia → Bladensburg

  189 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · $17–23
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