Getting around on the Washington, D.C. Metrorail system is convenient and easy, as long as you know which lines and stations serve your sightseeing destinations. This easy reference guide will help you find the closest stations for many of the most popular tourist attractions.
Just print a copy to take with your on you sightseeing outings and, at a quick glance, you will be able to navigate around D.C. like a pro.
For destinations not listed here, the Metro RideGuide offers point-to-point Metro information. For an interactive Metro map, visit the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metro System Map.
Find an Attraction
- Page 1: Memorials, Monuments and Government Attractions - Scroll Down
- Page 2: Museums and Smithsonian Institution
- Page 3: Entertainment, Convention, Sports Venues and Transfers
Memorials and Monuments
- African-American Civil War Memorial and Museum 1200 U Street, NW (at 10th Street, NW)
Closest Station(s): U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardoza - Green Line: .08 mile E to the memorial and museum. - Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Drive, Arlington, VA
Closest Station(s): Arlington Cemetery Metro Station - Blue Line - Iwo Jima Memorial Marshall Drive, between Route 50 and Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, VA.
Closest Station(s): Rosslyn - Blue, Orange Lines: .34 mile (6 blocks) S - Jefferson Memorial East Basin Drive, SW
Closest Station(s): Smithsonian Station - Blue, Orange Lines - Mall Exit: Approx. 7 blocks to the Jefferson memorial - Korean War Veterans Memorial French Drive, SW (to the south of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool)
Closest Station(s): Foggy Bottom - Blue, Orange Lines: Approx. 9 blocks South - Lincoln Memorial West Potomac Park at 23rd Street NW
Closest Station(s): Foggy Bottom - Blue, Orange Lines: Approx. 7 blocks S - National WWII Memorial 17th Street between Constitution and Independence Avenues, near Washington Monument
Closest Station(s): Smithsonian Station - Blue, Orange Lines - Mall Exit: Approx. 5 blocks to the memorial - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial West Basin Drive near the Tidal Basin
Closest Station(s): Smithsonian Station - Blue, Orange Lines - Mall Exit: Approx. 1 mile SW - U.S. Navy Memorial 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (near 7th Street, NW)
Closest Station(s): Archives/Navy Memorial - Yellow, Green Lines: 50 feet to Memorial - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Henry Bacon Drive and Constitution Avenue
Closest Station(s): Foggy Bottom - Blue, Orange Lines: Approx. 7 blocks S - Washington Monument 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW
Closest Station(s): Smithsonian Station - Blue, Orange Lines: Mall Exit, Walk .40 mile NW
Government Related Sightseeing
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing Visitor Entrance: 14th & C Streets, SW
Closest Station(s): Smithsonian Station - Blue, Orange Lines: .31 mile SW - Library of Congress First Street, SE, between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street (near the U.S. Capitol Building)
Closest Station(s): Capitol South Metro Station - Blue, Orange Lines: .18 mile N to Library of Congress - National Archives Building 700 Constitution Avenue NW between 7th and 9th Streets (The Exhibit entrance is on Constitution Avenue.)
Closest Station(s): Archives/Navy Memorial - Yellow, Green Lines - U.S. Botanic Garden First Street, S.W., between Maryland Avenue and C Street
Closest Station(s): Federal Center SW or Capital South - Blue, Orange Lines - U.S. Capitol East Capitol Street, Capitol Hill
Closest Station(s): Union Station, Red Line - .49 mile SW - U.S. Supreme Court First Street, NE, between Maryland Avenue and East Capitol Street (near the U.S. Capitol Building)
Closest Station(s): Capitol South Metro Station - Blue, Orange Lines: .33 mile N to U.S. Supreme Court - White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Closest Station(s): Farragut West - Blue, Orange Lines: .32 mile SE to White House
Also: McPherson Square - Blue, Orange Lines: .37 mile SW to White House
