Washington DC visit.

JohnEd · January 30, 2011, 02:39:36 PM

Hi,

Next year some time I will be in the DC area to visit the Cap. and do all the tourist stuff. I expect that will take a few weeks. I can't imagine a park in DC that I can afford. I was wondering if you could make any recommendations for a place to stay? We want to commute into "town" by the best means possible and I will have my toad to commute to mass transit stations. Any info or advice you might provide is appreciated.

John

busing704 · January 30, 2011, 02:49:01 PM

Stay outside of town and take the Metro there. You will not find a place to park. and it be alot more fun

. The cost of the Metro is cheap

jsimp1960 · January 30, 2011, 03:34:40 PM

Several years ago we stayed at Cherry Hill Campground in Maryland. The metro bus picked us up in the campground and carried us to the sub way and that straight into the capital area, or I guess any where else in DC. Was very convenient, they sold tickets at the campground for both the metro bus and the subway. We had a toad but we never used it for trips to DC, although we did drive around some. Jim

dickegler · January 30, 2011, 03:35:58 PM

Hi John,

We spent 2 weeks in DC last summer and stayed at Cherry Hill Campground. Local bus service stops in park, and the town is very easy to see with no driving. Bus, train, or subway, all very easy to learn.

The campground was very nice, clean, and well managed.

Dick Egler

Barn Owl · January 30, 2011, 04:06:39 PM

This is what I have done:

Touring Washington D.C. in a bus.

Looks like those Union Station links are now bad. It is now found here: Union Station DC

KozyCade · January 30, 2011, 04:35:52 PM

Hey John,

Im often in the area so be sure to look me up when you come out. Here are the parks I would recomend. The three closet are

Cherryhill Campground- It's the closest RV park and campground to Washington, D.C., the perfect place
9800 Cherry Hill Road to stay while camping and exploring our nation's capital
College Park, MD
(301) 937-7116

Lake Fairfax Park Great for Kids as they have a water mine and park
Reston, VA 20190
(703) 471-5414

Pohick Bay Regional Park- 1000-acre family campground with 150 shaded sites. No 50 amp service
6501 County Road 721, Lorton, VA
(703) 339-6104

Theres several others futher out. If you like KOA's theres one out toward Annapolis, Md. which also has many sight seeing oppertunities.

Washington DC/Capitol KOA Kampground
768 Cecil Ave N, Millersville, MD
(410) 923-2771

If you need any assistance let me know. Contact info is on site here.

Kade
edited phone number for KOA

Hi yo silver · January 30, 2011, 05:01:56 PM

John,
Lawt time I took the bus to that area, we stayed at Pohick Bay Regional Park. There's a website. Nice park. I'm not as brave as Barn Owl yet!
Dennis

oldmansax · January 30, 2011, 05:26:13 PM

This place is a little farther out but has a shuttle to the metro station.

http://www.duncansfamilycampground.com/

TOM

bcaddel · January 31, 2011, 07:00:07 AM

We made the trip back east 2 years ago and loved it. We also stayed at

http://www.duncansfamilycampground.com/

and I highly recommend it. We drove the car from the campground into town several times and had no problems and found plenty of parking. Great trip and our first time back east and it was a memoriable experiance. We did use the GPS extensively but no problems at all driving around.

longjohn · January 31, 2011, 12:35:41 PM

John when we lived in Rockville, i did some repair work at the Cherryhill campground , it is popular but tight for my taste, as said transportation services are there. as Tom and others said Duncans looks nice!