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Park · Glen Echo Park

Glen Echo Park

Best primary window for Glen Echo: May, with April and June as strong shoulder months.

Glen Echo Park began in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly "to promote liberal and practical education." By 1911, it transformed into DC's premier amusement park until it closed in 1968. Since 1971, the National Park Service has owned and operated the site and today, with the help of the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, offers year-round cultural and recreational activities.

This page identifies Glen Echo Park from the checked-in NPS snapshot, dated source cards, and the month windows listed here.

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Targeted Impressions Data TeamData Science & Intelligence
materializedData snapshot: October 27, 20264 source cards

Answer Brief

Answer-first planning signal

Best current use
Glen Echo Park is listed as a Park in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot.
Best months
May, April, June
Peak crowd months
July, August, June
Current signal
Glen Echo Park is listed as a Park in MD in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. 4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/glec/index.htm.
Visitor takeaway
Month windows for Glen Echo Park are listed on this page. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/glec/index.htm.
What it sounds like
Glen Echo audio on this page is a labeled modeled cue, not a field recording.

Summary at a glance

Glen Echo Park is listed as a Park in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. 4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Listed month windows: May, April, and June.

Best Months
May
↑ April, June
Budget Months
April
March, May
Peak Crowd
July
August, June
Region
coastal atlantic
Core Experiences
african-american-heritagemusicsocial-movementscivil-rightsArts and CultureCraft DemonstrationsCultural DemonstrationsLive MusicTheater

Month-by-month

Month windows on this page: May, April, and June listed as the primary window; July, August, and June listed as peak months; April, March, and May listed as lower-crowd months.

Primary Window

Listed primary window: May, April, and June.

Peak months

Listed peak months: July, August, and June.

Lower-crowd months

Listed lower-crowd months: April, March, and May.

Getting there

Use the closest major airport and a regional drive plan for Glen Echo.

By Car: Capital Beltway (I-495), Maryland outer loop exit 40 Cabin John Parkway to Clara Barton Parkway; Virginia inner loop exit 41 Clara Barton Parkway East; follow Clara Barton Parkway to MacArthur Boulevard and Glen Echo exit, left onto MacArthur Boulevard, straight across traffic circle at Goldsboro Road, next left onto Oxford Road, end of street, parking lots on the left. By Metro: Red Line to Bethesda or Friendship Heights Station, transfer to Montgomery County Ride-On Bus # 29, Glen Echo stop.

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Season and now

Twelve-month planning is modeled from the published seasonal profile. The current hand stays unavailable until sourced alerts, hours, events, roads, and weather are fresh.

Current hand
Not available

Three listening lanes

Official NPS audio: Not provided for this snapshot.

Synthetic browser audio, never a field recording or live observation.

Jamcorder: Shared station.

Text equivalent for the seasonal place clock
MonthVisitabilityCrowd pressure
January4924
February5324
March6028
April6342
May6458
June6276
July5992
August6090
September6174
October6156
November5834
December5228

The cue is a browser-generated composition, not a field recording. How NPS Sounds modeled audio works.

Methodology

This page uses the checked-in NPS identity snapshot for Glen Echo Park, the 4 source cards below, and the figures listed above. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Read the NPS Sounds methodology and about NPS Sounds for how pages are assembled.

  • Data snapshot: October 27, 2026
  • Source cards: 4

Data Behind This Reading

Source provenance

NPS identity

high

Glen Echo Park is identified as Park with NPS code glec.

Available · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Official operations

limited

Official alerts should be verified on the NPS page. This site uses a checked-in snapshot, not a live operations feed.

From the data snapshot · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Weather and seasonality

limited

Weather for Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Maryland areas.

Modeled · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

How this page is assembled

limited

place page source cards come from the data snapshot October 27, 2026.

Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Where Glen Echo Park fits

State, region, and designation hubs that list this place.

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