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Fort DuPont Ice Rink
3779 Ely Pl SE, 
Washington, DC 20019-3043
202-584-5007

 October 9, 2004...  Nice single NHL Rink in a not so nice Inner City DC neighborhood. If 'Security' isn't around, in it's golf cart, someone should stay with the cars. Don't be bothered by bodies sleeping it off or being ask for money. Snack bar (sometimes), no pro-shop, bring your own paper towels, soap, and toilet paper. English is not spoken by local gas stations and convenience stores.

West Chester, PA   TO    Fort DuPont Ice Rink, 3779 Ely Pl SE, Washington, DC 20019
Note:  Once you enter DC, Street Signs are so high up and so small, that in the dark, you can't read them, let alone see them.
    Distance Time
1 To I-95 Interchange south of Aston, PA  16 miles 28 min
2 I-95 S toward DELAWARE MEMORIAL BRIDGE/BALTIMORE (Portions toll). 103.15 miles 1:39 hr
  Alternate #1    
3 Take the BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON PARKWAY exit, exit number 22B, toward WASHINGTON. 0.39 miles <1 min
4 Merge onto MD-295 S. (At the US-50 "Y", stay to the Left towards 'I-295') 6.75 miles 6 min
5 Take the exit for BURROUGHS AVE./MINNESOTA AVE. 0.05 miles <1 min
6 Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto KENILWORTH AVE NE. 0.18 miles <1 min
7 Turn LEFT onto Nannie Helen BURROUGHS AVE NE. (Go under MD-295 and Railroad) 0.13 miles <1 min
8 Turn RIGHT onto MINNESOTA AVE NE. (At light immediately after RR overpass / gas station across street on left)  

Note: On your return (northbound on Minnesota), you'll see the stone bridge pillars, on your left, and after turning left onto Nannie Helen BURROUGHS AVE NE, you'll make an immediate right between the two overpasses and go up a ramp to merge onto MD-295 N from your left lane.		 1.04 miles 2 min
  Alternate #1A    
9 Turn LEFT onto RIDGE RD SE 0.59 miles 1 min
10 Turn RIGHT onto ELY PL SE. Rink will be on your Left. (In the middle of The Projects) 0.12 miles <1 min
  Alternate #1B    
9 Continue on MINNESOTA AVE NE. 0.59 miles 1 min
10 Make LEFT onto ELY PL SE.  Rink will be on your Right. (In the middle of The Projects) 0.30 miles 1 min
    136.37 miles 2:40 hr
  Alternate #2 (from rink's website)    
3 I-95 South/I-495 South (Capital Beltway) to Rt-4 Northwest/Pennsylvania Ave. Exit 11.  11.50 miles
additional		 11 min
additional
4 West on Rt-4/Pennsylvania Ave. to MINNESOTA AVE NE.  6.40 miles  10 min
5 North (Right) on MINNESOTA AVE NE to ELY PL SE (3rd light). . 1.00 miles 3 min
6 East (Right) on ELY PL SE.  Fort Dupont Ice Arena is on the south (Right) side of the road. Large parking lot and low, flat building. (In the middle of The Projects) 0.30 miles 1 min
       


 

West Chester, PA   TO    Hampton Inn Columbia, 8880 Columbia 100 Parkway, Columbia, MD 21045
    Distance Time
1 South on PA-352 and PA-452 to Aston 16 miles 28 min
2 I-95 S toward DELAWARE MEMORIAL BRIDGE/BALTIMORE (Portions toll). 82.77 miles 1:20 hr
3 Merge onto MD-100 W via exit number 43B toward ELLICOTT CITY. 4.18 miles 4 min
4 Take the EXECUTIVE PARK DR exit, exit number 1B-C, on the left toward CENTRE PARK DR. 0.18 miles <1 min
5 Turn LEFT onto EXECUTIVE PARK DR.  (Note: Bob Evans is there) 0.14 miles <1 min
6 Turn LEFT onto COLUMBIA 100 PKWY.  Hotel is on left. 0.07 miles <1 min
    102.92 miles 1:54 hr
Hampton Inn Columbia   TO  Fort DuPont Ice Rink, 3779 Ely Pl SE, Washington, DC 20019
    Distance Time
1  LEFT out of parking lot going Southeast on COLUMBIA 100 PKWY toward BLUE WING CT.  0.44 miles 1 min
2 Turn LEFT onto CENTRE PARK DR. (At stop sign and gas station across street.)

Note: If you made a right, you'd find some restaurants and a grocery store)		 0.07 miles <1 min
3 Merge onto MD-100 E. 3.32 miles 3 min
4 Merge onto I-95 S via exit number 5A toward WASHINGTON. 20.38 miles 19 min
    6.75 miles 6 min
  PICK UP DIRECTIONS FROM I-95 SOUTH ABOVE.  About 34 miles, 45 mins to rink.    

Last Updated 10/10/2004