Columbia Road, Washington D.C.

Name: Columbia Road
Address: Washington D.C., United States

#678 among attractions in Washington D.C.

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Columbia Road is a street in Washington, D.C., that forks from Connecticut Avenue north of Dupont Circle, and branches north and east through 16th Street to the McMillan Reservoir. Along its route, it marks the southern border of the Kalorama Triangle neighborhood, the principal east/west passage through the Adams Morgan neighborhood, and is one of the primary thoroughfares in the Columbia Heights neighborhood. In Adams Morgan, it is bordered by a great deal of street-level retail, constituting the main commercial area within Adams Morgan. ()

Coordinates: 38°55'28"N, 77°2'23"W

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Northwest Washington (Adams Morgan)Washington D.C. United States

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Columbia Road – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Adams Morgan, Cascading Waterfall, Guglielmo Marconi, Lincoln Theatre.

~1310 ftSW
Entertainment district, Nightlife, Dancing
Adams Morgan, Washington D.C.
7 min walk • Adams Morgan is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. centered at the intersection of 18th Street NW and Columbia Road, about 1.5 miles north of the White House.
0.4 miSE
Monuments and statues
Cascading Waterfall, Washington D.C.
11 min walk • Cascading Waterfall is a public art work by American artist John Joseph Earley, located in Meridian Hill Park, Washington, DC. Cascading Waterfall was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1994.
0.4 miN
Monuments and statues
Guglielmo Marconi, Washington D.C.
12 min walk • Guglielmo Marconi is a public artwork by Attilio Piccirilli, located at the intersection of 16th and Lamont Streets, N.W. in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. United States. It stands as a tribute to Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. It was paid for by public subscription and erected in 1941.
0.8 miSE
Theater, Concerts and shows
Lincoln Theatre, Washington D.C.
20 min walk • Lincoln Theatre is a theater in Washington, D.C. located at 1215 U Street, next to Ben's Chili Bowl. The theater, located on "Washington's Black Broadway", served the city's African American community when segregation kept them out of other venues.
~1440 ftNE
Monuments and statues
Francis Asbury, Washington D.C.
7 min walk • Francis Asbury, also known as the Francis Asbury Memorial, is a public equestrian statue, by American artist Augustus Lukeman, located at 16th Street and Mt. Pleasant Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood.
0.5 miN
Monuments and statues
James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue, Washington D.C.
13 min walk • The James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue is a public artwork by Leo Lentelli, located at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, 16th Street and Park Road Northwest, Washington, D.C. The James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993.
~1560 ftSE
Park, Neo-renaissance architecture
Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, Washington D.C.
8 min walk • Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, is a structured urban park located in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Columbia Heights; it also abuts the nearby neighborhood of Adams Morgan. The park was designed and built between 1912 and 1940.
0.4 miNE
Library
Mount Pleasant Library, Washington D.C.
11 min walk • The Mount Pleasant Library at 1600 Lamont Street, NW in Washington, DC is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library System that opened in May 1925, and is the third oldest public library building still in use in Washington.
~1430 ftSE
Italianate architecture
Meridian Mansions, Washington D.C.
7 min walk • Meridian Mansions, also known as The Envoy, is an historic structure located in the Adams Morgan neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. A.H.
0.6 miNE
Theater, Concerts and shows
GALA Hispanic Theatre, Washington D.C.
16 min walk • GALA Hispanic Theatre is a theater located at 3333 14th St NW in Washington, D.C. It hosts plays in Spanish and English, as well as dance, music, poetry, spoken word, art and films.
~1710 ftSE
Tudor Revival architecture
Meridian Hall, Washington D.C.
9 min walk • Meridian Hall is an historic house in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites since 1990 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as the Mansion at 2401 15th Street, NW.

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Which popular attractions are close to Columbia Road?

Nearby attractions include Lanier Heights, Washington D.C. (4 min walk), Warder Mansion, Washington D.C. (6 min walk), All Souls Church, Washington D.C. (6 min walk), Reed-Cooke, Washington D.C. (6 min walk).

How to get to Columbia Road by public transport?

The nearest stations to Columbia Road:

Metro

Columbia Heights • Lines: Gr, Yl (13 min walk)
Woodley Park • Lines: Rd (18 min walk)

Bus

Bus Loading (22 min walk)