Fort Dupont

Worth seeing in and around Fort Dupont

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
   Congressional Cemetery

   The Congressional Cemetery, officially Washington Parish Burial Ground, is a historic and active cemetery located at 1801 E Street in Washington, D.C., United States, in the Hill East neighborhood on the west bank of the Anacostia River. It is the only American "cemetery of national memory" founded before the Civil War.

   2.6 km · cemetery in Washington, DC · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Lincoln Park

   Lincoln Park, historically known as Lincoln Square, is the largest urban park located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. From 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, it was the site of Lincoln Hospital, then the largest hospital in Washington, D.C. It is located along East Capitol Street, which surrounds the park.

   3.6 km · park in Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill neighborhood · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   3.3 km · nonprofit organization that was created to sustain the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Anacostia Park

   Anacostia Park is operated by the United States National Park Service. It is one of Washington, D.C.'s largest and most important recreation areas, with over 1200 acres at multiple sites.

   2 km · park in Washington, D.C., United States · 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.

   2.4 km · park in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   3.8 km · cemetery in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Woodlawn Cemetery

   Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The 22.5-acre cemetery contains approximately 36,000 burials, nearly all of them African Americans.

   900 m · cemetery in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia
8. 08
   D.C. Armory

   The D.C. Armory is a mixed armory and 10,000-seat arena in Washington, D.C. Managed by the Events DC, the Armory opened in 1941, as the headquarters, armory, and training facility for the District of Columbia National Guard. In 1994, it became a venue for a broad range of sports and public events.

   2.3 km · multipurpose arena in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Ethel Kennedy Bridge

   The Ethel Kennedy Bridge is a beam bridge built in 2004 that carries Benning Road over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. It is an eight-lane bridge with pedestrian lanes on both sides. A separate Washington Metro bridge carrying the Blue, Orange and Silver lines crosses over the bridge near its western terminus, and parallels the bridge on the north.

   1.7 km · bridge in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Fort Dupont Park

    Fort Dupont Park is a 376-acre wooded park under the management of the National Park Service located in Washington, DC. The name of the park comes from the old Civil War earthwork fort that lies within the park. The fort was one of several designed to defend Washington from a Confederate attack during the Civil War.

    1.1 km · park in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia

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Getting to Fort Dupont

Airports

Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 9 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 40 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 44 km

Stations

Potomac Avenue, 3.2 km · Stadium–Armory, 2.5 km · Benning Road, 1 km · Deanwood, 2.6 km · Minnesota Avenue, 1.3 km

• Baltimore → Fort Dupont

  54 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · $4.5–6
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• Dulles → Fort Dupont

  44 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · $4–6
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• Richmond → Fort Dupont

  154 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · $14–19
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