Dupont Circle

Sit by the marble fountain, watch a chess game and explore the galleries and embassies around this traffic circle park.

Intersection of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire Aves NW · Washington, DC

About Dupont Circle

Dupont Circle is a park at the meeting point of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire Avenues with P and 19th Streets NW. At its center is a white marble memorial fountain to Rear Admiral Samuel F. Dupont, designed by Henry Bacon and sculpted by Daniel Chester French, with a bowl held up by figures of The Sea, The Wind and The Stars. You will find permanent stone chessboards for public play, and a weekly farmers market sets up on nearby 20th Street NW.

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What's around here?

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

Museums
O Street Museum Foundation
$25–$50
A nonprofit museum in a set of connected town houses on O Street, known for its many rooms and hidden doors to find on a self-guided visit.
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Museums
Date Night
The Phillips Collection
Under $25
See Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party and the Rothko Room in a Dupont Circle house museum.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Museums
National Museum of American Jewish Military History
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Washington museum that documents and honors Jewish Americans who served in the U.S. military.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sightseeing
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Memorial
No admission fee
A bronze statue honoring the 19th-century American poet, placed at a downtown Washington crossroads.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
House of the Temple
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Masonic temple in Washington, D.C., that houses the headquarters of the Scottish Rite's Southern Jurisdiction in the U.S.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.5 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
History Buff
Admiral David G. Farragut Memorial
No admission fee
Stop at the center of Farragut Square to see Vinnie Ream's bronze admiral, cast from the propeller of his flagship USS Hartford.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.6 mi awayMore like this