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How To Get To The National Mall

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Walking Routes Downtown on Inauguration Day

Metro offers several route suggestions to get to the National Mall, the parade route and to the White House on Inauguration Day.

Whether you are attending the inauguration on the National Mall, taking in the parade along Pennsylvania Avenue or cheering the president's return at the White House, you can expect to do a lot of walking on Inauguration Day. Between Metro station closures, parade route street closures and bus route changes, you will be using your own two feet to get where you want to be once you arrive downtown on Metro. [Guide to Taking the Metro to the 2013 Presidential Inauguration] To help, Metro has created a list of walking directions from various locations near to the National Mall area: Arlington Cemetery (1.5 miles to Mall) Walk 0.7 miles toward the Lincoln Memorial (away from Arlington Cemetery). Go around the left side of the Lincoln Memorial …

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