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Directions
to Anacostia Park
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Take 395N,
cross 14th Street Bridge, then bear right on SE/SW Freeway. Go
about 3.2 miles. You will pass by exits for 12th Street, D
Street, C Street, South Capitol, and 6th Street. Follow signs
to Pennsylvania Avenue, get in right lane until it ends (Do not
take 295 South and do not exit at Anacostia Freeway). Go right
after going over the Sousa Bridge (.4 mile). Proceed to Fairlawn and turn right (NOTE: Fairlawn is not marked and comes up very fast. It is first right after the bridge. It is immediately before the Sonoco Station on the right). Go to stop sign and turn right on Nicholson Street/22nd Street, go to stop sign in park. Turn right on Anacostia Drive and proceed for about ˝ mile (parallel to the water) to parking lots and Skating Pavilion/Start. Take 95 South or Baltimore Washington Parkway to 295 South for a few miles passing several exits. Take Pennsylvania Avenue East Exit (sharp turn). Go .1 miles and immediately turn Right onto Fairlawn. (NOTE: Fairlawn is not marked but it is immediately before the Sonoco Station on the right). Go to stop sign and turn right on Nicholson Street/22nd Street, (there is a big Anacostia Park sign), go to stop sign in park. Turn right on Anacostia Drive and proceed for about ˝ mile (parallel to the water) to parking lots and Skating Pavillion/Start. From Capitol Area Start at Pennsylvania Avenue near Capitol Building. Then take Pennsylvania Ave. East to the Sousa Bridge. Then continue with the directions from the South (above) on Pennsylvania Ave. From Silver Spring Get on the Beltway (I-495), take BW Pkwy towards Washington, and follow the signs to I-295. Exit at Pennsylvania Ave., and continue with the directions from the North above. From Woodrow Wilson Bridge: The ramp will take you to (what is actually) the end of the Suitland Parkway headed toward the South Capitol Street Bridge (Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge) and downtown. However, you don’t want to cross the bridge! Stay to the right, and take first exit on right and go to stop light at Howard Road… Go “straightish” towards the river after stop light toward brown National Park Service “ Anacostia Park” sign… At stop sign (Anacostia Drive) go right past the National Capital Parks-East Headquarters and U.S. Park Police complex on the right, continuing on Anancostia Drive one and a half mile to parking for race. Lost: If you get lost and end up on 295, you want Pennsylvania Avenue East Exit. If lost elsewhere, get directions to vicinity of park. Hints: Good Hope Road leads into park, Minnesota Avenue SE is close, as is Pennsylvania Avenue SE, but hopefully you just follow the flawless directions above. Really
Lost: Anacostia Park: 202-472-3884;
www.nps.gov/anac
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