Directions to the Hilton Washington DC/Silver Spring for Capclave 2006
Compiled by Keith Lynch
From the Capitol Beltway (Route 495): Take Exit 30B for Colesville
Road (Route 29 South) -- The hotel is one mile south on the left at 8727
Colesville Road just past the intersection with Spring Street. Hotel valet
parking is $10 per day for registered guests. There is a public parking
garage across from the hotel on Colesville Road. Parking in the garage
is free from 7:00pm Friday to 6:00am Monday. The entrance is located on
Spring Street. See the hotel web site for additional directions.
By Metro: The hotel is a ten minute walk from the Silver Spring Metro station on the Red Line. From Washington
DC, any Red Line train to Glenmont or Silver Spring will get you there.
After exiting the Silver Spring station, just walk northeast (uphill)
on the right side of Colesville Road toward the Discovery Channel Building.
(The last train of the night departs Silver Spring for downtown at 2:46am
on Friday and Saturday nights, and at 11:46pm on Sunday night.
From Washington National Airport (DCA): Take the Yellow Line
train that goes towards Mt. Vernon Square UDC. At the Gallery
Place Metro station, transfer to the Red Line train going in the direction
of Glenmont or Silver Spring.
From Dulles Airport (IAD): Take the 5A express bus to the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station, then take the Yellow Line train
that goes to Mt. Vernon Square UDC. At the Gallery
Place Metro station, transfer to the Red Line train going in the direction
of Glenmont or Silver Spring. Or take the Washington Flyer Shuttle to
the West
Falls Church Metro station, then take an Orange Line train towards
New Carrollton. At Metro
Center, transfer to a Red Line train going in the direction of Glenmont
or Silver Spring.
From Baltimore
Washington International Airport (BWI): take the B30 bus to the Greenbelt Metro station, then take any train, and at the
Fort
Totten Metro station, transfer to the Red Line train going in the
direction of Glenmont or Silver Spring. Or take Amtrak, VRE, or MARC to Washington DC's Union
Station, and catch a Red Line train going in the direction of Glenmont
or Silver Spring.
All three airports are also served by the SuperShuttle bus service (1-800-BLUE
VAN [1-800-258-3826]) or (703-416-6661).
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