Glen Echo Park
Glen Echo Park is part of George Washington Memorial Parkway, a unit of the National Park System. It is not counted as a unit of its own.
Glen Echo Park began in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly "to promote liberal and practical education." By 1911, it transformed into DC's premier amusement park until it closed in 1968. Since 1971, the National Park Service has owned and operated the site and today, with the help of the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, offers year-round cultural and recreational activities.
About under an hour from Washington and under an hour from Baltimore by car.
Fees & passes
Free. No entrance fee here.
Hours
| Glen Echo Park Grounds and Parking Lot | Daily · 6:00AM - 1:00AM |
No campgrounds, no webcams or events in Park Service data. What is here comes from the official page. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the Park Service publishes the data.
Explore
Things to do
- Ride the Historic Dentzel Carousel5-10 Minutes
The Dentzel Carousel is operated by our partner, the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture.
Opens on the Park Service site
Films
National Park Service productions, public domain.
Map
Interactive map by the National Park Service
Historic landmarks nearby
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Public land nearby
Distances are approximate. Wilderness Atlas publishes a center point and an acreage for each area rather than a boundary, so each area is treated here as a circle of the same size and the figure is the gap to that circle.
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Reference
Weather & climate
Weather for Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Maryland areas.
Questions people ask
Does Glen Echo charge an entrance fee?
No. Glen Echo is free to enter.
Source: National Park Service
What are the hours at Glen Echo?
Standard hours are 6:00AM - 1:00AM, every day.
Source: National Park Service
Is there cell service at Glen Echo?
At the park's reference point, FCC coverage maps show Verizon 4G LTE, AT&T 5G, and T-Mobile 5G. Coverage inside the park varies by location.
Source: FCC Broadband Map
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- Every active Park Service alert for this unit, one item each, rebuilt with the nightly data refresh.
- Add dates to your calendar (.ics file)
- Fee-free entrance days that apply here and each published hours exception, as all-day events.
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