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Edmonston is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:James Ronald Edmonston Charles (1875–1955), British officer in the Royal Engineers

Gabriel Edmonston (1839–1918), American labor unionist and carpenter

Kathy Edmonston, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Edmonston

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
    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.

    3.5 km · rail station in College Park, Maryland · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Fort Lincoln

    Fort Lincoln was one of seven temporary earthwork forts of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, DC 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 as follows: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln.

    3.1 km · historical fort in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    College Park City Hall

    College Park City Hall is the official seat of government of the City of College Park, Maryland. The City Hall houses the offices of the Mayor and those of the City Council of College Park as well as various city departments, agencies and boards/commissions.

    3.8 km · official seat of government of College Park, Maryland, US · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Old Parish House

    The Old Parish House, built in 1817, is a historic building in College Park, Maryland. The house is a registered Prince George's County Historic Site and is one of only two surviving buildings of the Riversdale estate.

    3.6 km · building in MD, United States · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Cory House

    The Cory House, constructed circa 1891, is one of the oldest private residences in College Park, Maryland. The house is an example of Queen Anne style architecture.

    3.8 km · building in College Park, Maryland, United States · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

    The Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission is a state agency that administers parks and planning in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland.

    2.8 km · park and planning agency of the State of Maryland for Montgomery and Prince George's counties · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Riverdale Park Historic District

    The Riverdale Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Riverdale Park, Prince George's County, Maryland. The community developed starting in 1889, around the B & O passenger railroad station, as an early railroad suburb northeast of Washington, D.C. Later, 20th century additions expanded the community.

    2.2 km · historic residential subdivision in Riverdale Park, Maryland, United States · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Riversdale

    Riversdale, is a five-part, large-scale late Georgian mansion with superior Federal interior, built between 1801 and 1807. Also known as Baltimore House, Calvert Mansion or Riversdale Mansion, it is located at 4811 Riverdale Road in Riverdale Park, Maryland, and is open to the public as a museum.

    1.5 km · Georgian mansion in Maryland, United States · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge

    The Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge is a railway bridge that crosses the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. It carries Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and MARC's Penn Line passenger rail traffic. The bridge was damaged by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane, causing the famous "Crescent Limited wreck".

    3.5 km · bridge in United States of America · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Bladensburg Dueling Grounds

    Bladensburg Dueling Grounds is a small spit of land, a fraction of its original size, along Dueling Creek, formerly in the town of Bladensburg, Maryland, and now within the town of Colmar Manor, just to the northeast of Washington, D.C., United States. Dueling Creek, formerly known as '"Blood Run" and "The Dark and Bloody Grounds", is a tributary of the Anacostia River, which was formerly, called the East Branch Potomac River.

    2.5 km · site where more than 50 duels were fought during the 1800s in Maryland, US · Wikipedia

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Getting to Edmonston

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, 3.8 km · Hyattsville Crossing, 3 km · West Hyattsville, 3.4 km · Beacon Heights–East Pines station, 3 km · Riverdale Park North–UMD station, 2.5 km
  • Dulles → Edmonston
    45 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · $4.5–6
  • Richmond → Edmonston
    162 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · $15–20
  • Philadelphia → Edmonston
    189 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · $17–23
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Edmonston

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 Edmonston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextHarpers Ferry — West of Frederick on US-340, famous for Civil War history and natural beauty.

From Wikivoyage: Capital Region (Maryland), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    375 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    881 km
  3. 03
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    2,510 km
  4. 04
    ViequesPR

    8 ways of moving, 12 sources

    2,567 km
  5. 05
    Tortola and the British Virgin IslandsVG

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    2,572 km

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Around it

Next door to Edmonston

Edmonston is 11 km from Washington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.