Directions to Colmar Manor Park

Directions to Colmar Manor Park

From the Church Parking Lot at 17th and O Streets, NW (Renegades' Car Pool)

Take Rhode Island Avenue through NE DC.
Take a RIGHT on Eastern Avenue NE and follow it to Bladensburg Road.
Take a LEFT on Bladensburg Road.
If you miss it, you can take a right into the shopping center and back track to 38th Avenue.
Follow 38th Avenue for about 100 yards and then you will see the park entrance on the RIGHT.
Drive into the park, past a soccer field, up a hill and take your first right.
Park in the parking lot by the softball fields.
Walk up the hill, look to the right and you will see the goal posts.

From Northern Virginia

Take 395 North across the 14th Street Bridge.
Bear RIGHT after you cross the bridge, following the signs for 395N.
Take the exit for 395N/D Street/U.S. Senate; be in the RIGHT lane.
Go under an overpass, DO NOT take the exit for C Street.
Go through two tunnels; this will dead-end onto New York Avenue.
Take a RIGHT onto New York Avenue.
Go about 2.5 miles and take a left onto Bladensburg Road.
Go about 1.5 miles and take a RIGHT on 38th Avenue.
Just before 38th, you will pass a cemetery on your right -- slow down, because 38th Avenue comes up quickly.
If you miss it, you can take a right into the shopping center and back track past the IHOP to 38th Avenue.
Follow 38th Avenue for about 100 yards and then you will see the park entrance on the RIGHT.
Drive into the park, past a soccer field, up a hill and take your first right.
Park in the parking lot by the softball fields.
Walk up the hill, look to the right and you will see the goal posts.

From the North

Take 95 South toward DC.
When you reach the Beltway (Route 495), bear to the left, following the signs to Alexandria (This should be for 95 South and 495 East/South).
Take the Beltway (Route 495/95) three exits.
At Exit 22 get on Route 295 South (also called the Baltimore-Washington Parkway).
Stay on 295 South for about 5 miles. You will reach an interchange with Route 50; you want to get on Route 50 West.
To get on 50 West, bear to the right, following signs for Route 50 West and/or New York Ave.
Go about 1 mile and take the exit for South Dakota Avenue (it only goes one way).
In less than a mile, take a right onto Bladensburg Road.
In about a mile, take a right onto 38 Avenue. (Just before 38th Avenue you will pass a cemetery on your right; slow down because 38th Ave comes up quickly!)
Follow 38th Ave for about 100 yards and you will see the park entrance on the right.
Drive into the park, past a soccer field, up and hill and take your first right.
Park in the parking lot by the softball fields.
Walk up the hill, look to the right and you will see the goal posts.

From the South

Take 95 North toward DC.
When you reach the Beltway (495) follow the signs to Baltimore (This should be for 95N and maybe 495E).
Take the Beltway (Route 495/95) across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge into Maryland.
After you cross the bridge, take Route 295 North.
Stay on 295 North for about 10 miles.
You will reach a big interchange with 295N, the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Kenilworth Avenue, and Rte 50: You want to get on Rte 50 WEST.
To get on 50W, continue going straight past the first major exits, [i.e., don't bear left (the BW Parkway) or right (Route 50E)].
Take the exit for 50W.
Go about 1 mile and take the exit for South Dakota Avenue (It only goes one way).
In less than a mile, take a RIGHT onto Bladensburg Road.
In about a mile, take a RIGHT onto 38th Avenue.
Just before 38th, you will pass a cemetery on your right -- slow down, because 38th Avenue comes up quickly.
If you miss it, you can take a right into the shopping center and back track past the IHOP to 38th Avenue.
Follow 38th Avenue for about 100 yards and then you will see the park entrance on the RIGHT.
Drive into the park, past a soccer field, up a hill and take your first right.
Park in the parking lot by the softball fields.
Walk up the hill, look to the right and you will see the goal posts.