Rock Creek Park - Plan Your Visit

Rock Creek Park by National Parks Service

Operating Hours Seasons

The Park is open during daylight hours, 7 days a week.

Nature Center and Planetarium:

Open 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Wednesday-Sunday except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year days.

Old Stone House:

Open 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Wednesday-Sunday except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year days.

Group tours (10 or more) available by reservation.

Peirce Barn:

Open Noon to 5:00 PN daily for the summer except July 4th.

Local Partners Information Resources

DC Chamber of Commerce

Friends of Montrose and Dumbarton Oaks Park

Friends of Peirce Mill

DC Heritage Tourism Coalition

Getting There

Plane

The local airports are Reagan National, Dulles International, and Batimore and Washington International.

Car

From downtown DC, take the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway north to Beach Drive. Exit onto Beach Drive, north, and take it to Broad Branch Road, make a left and then a right onto Glover Road, follow the signs to the Nature Center.

Note: The Parkway is oneway south on weekdays from 6:45 am to 9:45 am . During this time you can use 16th Street to Military Road west then turn left on Glover Rd., as an alternate. The Parkway is oneway north from 3:45 pm to 6:30 pm. You can take Glover Rd to Military Road east then south on 16th to downtown DC as an alternate.

Public Transportation

For public transportation to the Nature Center, take the red metroline to either the Friendship Heights or Fort Totten Metro stops. Transfer to the E2 bus line, which runs along Military/ Missouri/ Riggs Road) between the two stations. Get off at the intersection of Glover (also called Oregon) and Military Roads. Walk south on the trail up the hill to the Nature Center (approximately 100 yards).

Getting Around

The Nature Center and Rock Creek Horse Center are on Glover Road, ¼-mile south of Military Road.

Peirce Barn is located on Tilden Street, just west of Beach Drive and east of Connecticut Avenue.

The Old Stone House is on M street in Georgetown, between 30th and 31st Streets.