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2022 NCDVD Convention—Places to visit in Washington, D.C.
The easiest way to travel from Baltimore to Washington is on either AMTRAK trains or MARC trains. You can catch a train on AMTRAK or the MARC “Penn Line” from Baltimore’s Penn Station, 1500 N. Charles Street, Baltimore. To get from the Hilton Inner Harbor (401 W. Pratt Street) to Penn Station, you can use Uber, taxi, or take the #51 bus (check with hotel for directions to bus stop).
For train schedules
AMTRAK https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
MARC https://www.mta.maryland.gov/schedule/marc-penn
From Penn Station in Baltimore, travel by train to Union Station in Washington. Once you are at Union Station you can access the Metrorail subway—the easiest way to get around Washington. Visit https://wmata.com/service/index.cfm for information about buying Metrorail tickets and navigating the different rail lines (Red, Blue, Orange, Silver). Union Station is on the Red line.
Below you will find a list of places to visit and the closest Metrorail stop and line color for each destination.
- Arlington National Cemetery (take Red Line from Union Station to Metro Center, transfer to Blue Line, exit at Arlington Cemetery) https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/#/
- The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Brookland-CUA on Red Line)
https://www.nationalshrine.org/ - Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle (Farragut North on Red Line) https://www.stmatthewscathedral.org/
- Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America (Brookland-CUA on Red Line. Catch H-6 Metrobus heading toward Fort Lincoln. Or, walk .7 mile from Brookland-CUA to the Monastery) https://myfranciscan.org/
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (take Red Line from Union Station to Metro Center, transfer to Blue, Orange, or Silver Line, exit at Smithsonian) https://www.nps.gov/frde/index.htm
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (take Red Line from Union Station to Metro Center, transfer to Blue, Orange, or Silver Line, exit at Smithsonian) https://www.nps.gov/mlkm/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm
- Museum of the Bible (take Red Line from Union Station to Metro Center, transfer to Blue, Orange, or Silver Line, exit at Federal Center SW) https://www.museumofthebible.org/
- National Gallery of Art (Judiciary Square on Red Line) https://www.nga.gov/
- National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial (take Red Line from Union Station to Metro Center, transfer to Blue Line, exit at Pentagon) https://pentagonmemorial.org/
- National Portrait Gallery (Gallery Place-Chinatown on Red Line) https://npg.si.edu/home/national-portrait-gallery
- Saint John Paul II National Shrine (Brookland-CUA on Red Line) https://www.jp2shrine.org/en/index.html
- U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima statue) (take Red Line from Union Station to Metro Center, transfer to Blue Line, exit at Arlington Cemetery) https://www.nps.gov/gwmp/learn/historyculture/usmcwarmemorial.htm
