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Eckington
Place in the United States

Eckington

Eckington is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., located south of the Prospect Hill and Glenwood Cemeteries.

Plan a trip to Eckington→From Baltimore

Eckington is less than one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Howard University and exactly one mile north of the United States Capitol. Eckington is also the home of the District of Columbia office of Sirius XM Radio.

How locals move

Getting around Eckington the local way

  • 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.
  • Go nextEastern Shore (Maryland) is a great place to charter a boat for the day or eat Maryland's famous crabs.
  • Go nextHarpers Ferry is about an hour's drive, just west of Frederick.

From Wikivoyage: Washington, D.C., CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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