Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park located within President's Park in Washington, D.C., directly north of the White House on H Street, bounded by Jackson Place on the west, Madison Place on the east and Pennsylvania Avenue on the south.
Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park located within President's Park in Washington, D.C., directly north of the White House on H Street, bounded by Jackson Place on the west, Madison Place on the east and Pennsylvania Avenue on the south. It is named for the general, the Marquis de Lafayette, a French aristocrat, and hero of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).
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Getting to Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
- Airports
- Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 5 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 37 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 44 km
- Baltimore → Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.57 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · $5–7
- Richmond → Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.154 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · $14–19
- Philadelphia → Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.199 km · quickest by road, 3h 51m · $18–24
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- Get inincluding stops in South Bend, Elkhart, Waterloo, Toledo, Sandusky, Elyria, Cleveland, Alliance, Pittsburgh, Connellsville, Cumberland, Martinsburg, Harpers Ferry, and Rockville.
- Get inMARC also provides service on the Brunswick line towards western Maryland through the suburbs of Silver Spring, Kensington, Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Germantown, on the way out to Frederick and on to Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg, West Virginia on Monday through Friday.
- Get aroundFor an ambitious all-day ride, try branching north at Leesburg, crossing the Potomac River on White's Ferry (inactive as of Nov 2024), and riding on the C&O Canal towpath to return to D.C.
- Get aroundPedicabs (tricycle rickshaws), commonly found on the National Mall, are regulated, insured, and offer tours or pre-arranged rides.
- Go nextFrom spring to fall, you can take a water taxi from the Inner Harbor to historic Fort McHenry.
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