Glen Echo
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Glen Echo [1] is a town in the state of Maryland in the United States, most notable for Glen Echo Park.
[edit] Understand
[edit] History
[edit] Landscape
[edit] Flora and fauna
[edit] Climate
[edit] Get in
[edit] By car
Glen Echo is located just off the Capital Beltway (I-495). Take the Clara Barton/Cabin John Parkway exit. Go 2.5 miles and take the MacArthur Boulevard/Glen Echo exit (this is a left exit). Turn left onto MacArthur Boulevard. For the park, go two blocks to Oxford Road (just past the Glen Echo shopping center) and turn left into the Glen Echo Park parking lot.
[edit] Fees/Permits
Admission to the park is free. Certain activities have fees.
[edit] Get around
[edit][add listing] See
- Clara Barton National Historic Site, 5801 Oxford Road, ☎ (301) 320-1410, [2]. tours on the hour 10AM-4PM. See where Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, lived the last 15 years of her life. Free. edit
[edit][add listing] Do
- Dance Swing, ballroom, waltz, contra, and other dances are held regularly in the 1930s Spanish Ballroom or in the Bumper Car Pavilion [3]
- Ride the carousel, in operation since 1921, for $1
- See a puppet show [4]
- Take an art or dance class
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[edit][add listing] Eat
The Spanish Ballroom Cafe is open from the beginning of March through the end of October.
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[edit][add listing] Sleep
[edit] Lodging
[edit] Camping
[edit] Stay safe
[edit] Get out
- Visit Washington, D.C..
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