Mount Vernon Description:

Parking:

Parking is FREE and convenient.

General Rules:

ABSOLUTELY NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR BEVERAGES. Concessions available on-site. Mount Vernon reserves the right to search bags and to refuse entry to guests bringing food and/or beverages onto the estate.

Service animals are welcome.

Miscellaneous:

Mount Vernon is a NON-SMOKING site. Smokers not complying with regulations may be escorted off the Estate.


Driving direction to Mount Vernon:
From Washington, D.C. / Memorial BridgeCross the Memorial Bridge, heading toward Arlington National Cemetery. While you are on the bridge, get in the center lane. At the circle on the Virginia side, go to the right, following the sign "George Washington Parkway" (do not head to "Arlington Cemetery"). Just after the circle, take the left hand exit, marked "Parkway South/Alexandria/Mount Vernon." Once on the Parkway, follow the signs to National Airport and continue south, through Alexandria. The parkway is renamed "Washington Street" in Alexandria. Mount Vernon is eight miles south of Alexandria, located at the large traffic circle at the end of Parkway.

From the East (New Jersey, Baltimore, Annapolis)Travel south on Interstate 95 (which becomes the beltway). As you cross the Potomac River on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, move to the far right lane. Take the first exit after the bridge, marked "Mount Vernon." At the light, turn right onto the George Washington Parkway. Mount Vernon is eight miles south, at the large traffic circle at the end of Parkway.

From Washington, D.C. / 14th St BridgeCross the Fourteenth Street Bridge, heading to Virginia. While on the bridge, move to the far right lane. Take the second exit on the right, which is marked "National Airport/Mount Vernon." Once on the Parkway, follow the signs to National Airport and continue south, through Alexandria. The parkway is renamed "Washington Street" in downtown Alexandria. Mount Vernon is eight miles south of Alexandria, at the large traffic circle at the end of Parkway.

From the North (Frederick, Gaithersburg, Rockville, Bethesda)Travel south on Interstate 270 to Interstate 495 (the Beltway). Follow the beltway south to Virginia. As you cross the bridge over the Potomac River, get in the right lane. Take the first exit in Virginia, exit 43, marked "George Washington Memorial Parkway." Follow the George Washington Parkway south for about 30 miles, which takes you directly to Mount Vernon. The Parkway is renamed "Washington Street" in Alexandria, and Mount Vernon is eight miles south of Alexandria, at the large traffic circle at the end of the Parkway.

From the South (Woodbridge, Richmond, North Carolina)Travel north on Interstate 95 and turn off at exit 161, Route 1 North, marked "Ft. Belvoir/Mt. Vernon." Continue north on Route 1 about six miles, through Ft. Belvoir. Just after Ft. Belvoir, turn right on Route 235 north. Mount Vernon is three miles straight ahead, at a large traffic circle.


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