Adams Morgan

Bar-hop, eat and browse vintage and record shops along 18th Street and Columbia Road, lined with rowhouses and murals.

18th St NW and Columbia Rd NW · Washington, DC

About Adams Morgan

Adams Morgan is a Northwest DC neighborhood centered on 18th Street NW and Columbia Road, where Victorian rowhouses hold bars, restaurants, vintage shops and record stores. About 100 places here hold liquor licenses, and the neighborhood is where the late-night jumbo slice of pizza was popularized. You can catch live music or comedy and look for the murals. Adams Morgan Day is a street celebration with live music, food and craft booths.

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#bars and restaurants
#neighborhood
#live music
#vintage shopping

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The closest stops to Adams Morgan, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Sports & Outdoors
Local Gem
Meridian Hill Park
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Sit by a 13-basin cascade fountain, find the Joan of Arc statue and hear the weekly drum circle in a terraced hilltop park.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Museums
Museum of the Palestinian People
Under $25
A Washington museum that documents and presents Palestinian history, heritage, and traditions through exhibitions and cultural programs.
0.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sports & Outdoors
Family Favorite
Smithsonian's National Zoo
No admission fee
Giant pandas, elephants, and 2,000 animal residents in Rock Creek Park, one of America's best zoos, and it's free.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.6 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Nightlife
Iconic
9:30 Club
$25–$50
Catch touring bands at a 1,200-capacity standing-room concert hall with four bars, a balcony and a stage that moves.
Transit: reachable by public transit
1.1 mi awayMore like this
Nightlife
Date Night
MGM National Harbor
No admission fee
Play the tables and slots, see a show and dine at a casino resort in National Harbor, just outside Washington, D.C.
Transit: reachable by public transit
9.0 mi awayMore like this
Nightlife
Rainy-Day Pick
Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland
No admission fee
Play slots, table games and poker at a casino hotel next to Arundel Mills mall, with restaurants and live music.
Transit: reachable by public transit
23 mi awayMore like this