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Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By plane

• Baltimore-Washington International Airport (IATA: BWI) is 25 minutes north on the B-W Parkway
• Washington Reagan National Airport (IATA: DCA) is 30 minutes west via the B-W Parkway (but through Washington D.C.).

Ground transportation is available via The Airport Shuttle [1].

[edit] By train

Metro rail trains run to the Greenbelt Station on the Green Line. MTA's MARC commuter trains between Baltimore and Washington D.C. stop in Greenbelt on the Camden line. [2] MARC Camden line trains also stop at BWI Airport.

[edit] By bus

Metrobus service to Greenbelt is available. University of Maryland shuttle buses serve Greenbelt.

[edit] Get around

[edit][add listing] See

• NASA/Goddard Visitor Center, Explorer Drive, Greenbelt, (Off Route 193), ☎ 301-286-9041 (alwillia@pop100.gsfc.nasa.gov, fax: 301-286-1781), [3]. 9AM-5PM, Tu-F, noon-4PM Sa, Su. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day. NASA's premier center for unmanned scientific space exploration is the Goddard Space Flight Center. It's small Visitor Center features many exhibits to excite tomorrow's inter-planetary researchers. The Visitor Center is accessible from Soil Conservation Rd., not from the Center's main gate. Free.  edit

• The Greenbelt Museum - Small, but unique museum that chronicles the city's birth as a Roosevelt "New Deal" planned community. [4]

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• Greenbelt Park is an oasis of forest on the inside of the Capital Beltway at the B-W Parkway. The park entrance is at 6565 Greenbelt Road. Operated by the National Park Service, Greenbelt Park is one of the best camping opportunities near Washington, though it is also excellent for picnics, bicycling, roller blading, and nature walks. No park admission fee, $16+ fee to camp. [5]
• Buddy Attick Lake is a small park operated by the city of Greenbelt, on Crescent Road at Kenilworth Ave. Picnic, canoe or boat on the small lake, or hike the trail that circles the small, man-made lake.

• Prince Georges County Trap and Skeet Center, 10400 Good Luck Road, Glen Dale (East on Greenbelt Road, about 1 mile past NASA, turn left on Good Luck Road. The Shooting Center is on your left.), ☎ 301-577-7178, [6]. F-M 10AM-5PM, Tu-Th 10AM-8:30PM. Offers a full-range of shotgun sports activities, including Sporting Clays, competitive league shooting, and introductory and advanced lessons. Operated by the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission.  edit

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• Chef's Secret, 5810 Greenbelt Road. A local favorite known for its innovative Thai cuisine.
• Three Brothers Pizza, 6160 Greenbelt Road. If you had an Italian mama from New York coming to visit, this is the pizza she'd want!
• Osaka Restaurant, 8855 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, (across from NASA/Goddard), ☎ (301) 552-1442. This is a tasty, reasonably-priced sushi restaurant in a Greenbelt shopping center.  edit

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• Jaspers, 7401 Greenbelt Rd. (In Greenway Center at the B-W Parkway), ☎ 301-441-8030, [7]. Popular happy-hour and weekend evening spot features occasional live music.  edit

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• Hilton Garden Inn, 7810 Walker Drive (Off Greenbelt Rd. near Greenbelt Park and Capitol Cadillac), ☎ 301-474-7400, [8]. checkin: 3pm; checkout: 11am. Modern, mid-range business-oriented hotel. 155 rooms, 6 stories.  edit
• Greenbelt Marriott, 6400 Ivy Lane, ☎ (301) 441-3700 (fax: 301-441-3995), [9]. checkin: 4:00 pm; checkout: 12:00 pm. Newly renovated guest rooms.  edit
• Holiday Inn Greenbelt, 7200 Hanover Dr. (Behind the Greenway Center, off Greenbelt Rd. near B-W Parkway), ☎ 301-982-7000, [10]. checkin: 3pm; checkout: noon. Modern full-service hotel built in the early 1980s. Popular choice for NASA contractors. 7 stories, 125 rooms.  edit
• Residence Inn by Marriott – Greenbelt, 6320 Golden Triangle Drive, ☎ 301-982-1600, [11].  edit

[edit] Get out

• College Park
• Washington D.C.
• Baltimore
• Annapolis

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