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About Glen Echo, MD

Glen Echo is a tiny Potomac River town eight miles northwest of DC, accessible via the scenic Clara Barton Parkway or MacArthur Boulevard from Bethesda. This 276-person community centers around Glen Echo Park, a former amusement park turned arts center. The park's 1921 Dentzel carousel still operates, and its Spanish Ballroom hosts popular weekend swing dancing on the original 1933 maple floor.

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Glen Echo, MD is in United States, at 38.968, -77.141 - about 16 km north-west of Washington, DC.

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The closest airport to Glen Echo, MD is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 19 km (about 28 min by car). Other airports nearby: Washington Dulles International Airport, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

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