Colmar Manor
Colmar Manor is a town located in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.

Colmar Manor is a town located in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 1,588. As the town developed at the beginning of the 20th century, it assumed a name derived from its proximity to the District of Columbia—the first syllable of Columbia and that of Maryland were combined to form "Colmar". Colmar Manor was incorporated in 1927.
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Worth seeing in and around Colmar Manor
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.
- 01Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University is a private federally chartered university in Washington, D.C., for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was founded in 1864 as a grammar school for both deaf and blind children.
5 km · American university providing education for deaf and hard of hearing students · Wikipedia - 02The 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.
4.5 km · private Catholic University in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 03Archdiocese 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.
4 km · archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church serving Washington, D.C., and five counties of Maryland, United States · Wikipedia - 04College 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.
5.2 km · rail station in College Park, Maryland · Wikipedia - 05Trinity Washington University
Trinity Washington University is a private Catholic university in Washington, D.C., United States. It was founded as Trinity College by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1897 as the nation's first Catholic liberal arts college for women.
5.1 km · Catholic university in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 06National 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.
3.1 km · nonprofit organization that was created to sustain the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum · Wikipedia - 07President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
President Lincoln's Cottage is a historic home used by Abraham Lincoln on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, known today as the Armed Forces Retirement Home, near the Petworth neighborhood in Washington, D.C. In 2000 it was designated a national monument called President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument. President Abraham Lincoln and his family resided seasonally on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home to escape the heat and political pressure of downtown Washington, as did President James Buchanan before him.
5.7 km · national monument in the United States · Wikipedia - 08Rock Creek Cemetery
Rock Creek Cemetery is an 86-acre cemetery in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located across the street from the historic Soldiers' Home and the Soldiers' Home Cemetery. It also is home to the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington.
5.9 km · garden cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia - 09Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
The Saint John Paul II National Shrine is a national shrine in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. It is a place of prayer for Catholics and welcomes people of all faiths.
5 km · national shrine in Washington, D.C · Wikipedia - 10Washington Coliseum
The Uline Arena, later renamed the Washington Coliseum, was an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. located at 1132, 1140, and 1146 3rd Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C. It was the site of one of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's inaugural balls in 1953, the first concert by the Beatles in the United States in 1964, and several other memorable moments in sports, show business, politics and in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. It had a capacity of over 8,000 people and was a major event space in Washington until the early 1970s.
5.8 km · indoor arena in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia
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Getting to Colmar Manor
- Airports
- Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 12 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 36 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 44 km
- Stations
- College Park Airport, 5.6 km · Stadium–Armory, 5.6 km · Capitol Heights, 5.8 km · NoMa–Gallaudet University, 5.8 km · Benning Road, 4.9 km
- Dulles → Colmar Manor43 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · $4–6
- Richmond → Colmar Manor160 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · $14–20
- Philadelphia → Colmar Manor190 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · $17–23
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No local-transport research exists yet for Colmar Manor
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Colmar Manor. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inOK, canoe is not a very practical way to visit Anacostia, but it is by far the most fun.
- Get inThe Anacostia River is easily navigable by canoe, and there are several places to launch: Anacostia Park, Bladensburg Park (in Bladensburg, Maryland), and the public boat ramp at Langston Golf Course in the east of Capitol Hill.
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Colmar Manor is 9 km from Washington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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