Georgetown

Stroll cobblestone side streets, shop and eat along M Street and Wisconsin Avenue, and follow the C&O Canal down to the Potomac waterfront.

Around M St and Wisconsin Ave NW · Washington, DC

About Georgetown

Founded in 1751, Georgetown is a historic neighborhood whose business district counts more than 470 businesses, with shops, bars and restaurants concentrated along M Street and Wisconsin Avenue. You can walk the C&O Canal towpath, picnic at Georgetown Waterfront Park, and see the Old Stone House, built in 1765. Film fans climb the 75 steps between M Street and Prospect Street that appear in The Exorcist.

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

Sightseeing
Tudor Place
No admission fee
A Federal-era house and garden in Georgetown that tells the stories of Martha Washington's descendants and the enslaved and free people who worked there.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Museums
History Buff
Dumbarton Oaks
No admission fee
See Byzantine and Pre-Columbian art in a Georgetown mansion, then wander terraced gardens designed by Beatrix Farrand.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure
Key Bridge Boathouse
Under $25
A Georgetown boathouse on the Potomac renting kayaks, canoes and paddleboards with guided tours available.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Sightseeing
History Buff
Embassy Row
No admission fee
Stroll Massachusetts Avenue past Gilded Age mansions turned embassies, with flags and statues of world figures on the way.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.5 mi awayMore like this
Museums
The Textile Museum
No admission fee
A George Washington University museum on textile arts and Washington history, in the Foggy Bottom area of the capital.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sightseeing
Local Gem
Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden
No admission fee
Sit on limestone benches carved with Kahlil Gibran's words beside a star-shaped fountain in a quiet wooded garden on Embassy Row.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.8 mi awayMore like this