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Question

I'm going to Washington DC in a large group. We only have 1 day to site see. We want to see the basic monuments, including Iwo Jima and the Arlington Cemetery. What is the best way to get to Iwo Jima and Arlington. We will not have a vehicle. Should we take the metro? If we take the metro to Arlington Cemetery, is Iwo Jima within walking distance? I have a map, but don't know just how far Iwo Jima and Arlington are from each other... What would be our best route from one place to the next?

Answer 1

jc.rowena has the best answer here.

Take the orange or blue lines (it doesn't matter which) to Rosslyn. When you exit the Rosslyn station there is a map on the wall. It's a fairly easy walk, about 8 to 10 blocks to Iwo Jima. After you visit Iwo Jima, then walk south past the Carillon, eventually to Arlington Cemetery. After you see the Cemetery, you can return on the Blue Line to the Mall at the Arlington Cemetery Station.

The Metro website (below) has local maps for each station - look up the Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery stations and print off the maps and you should be cool.

Answer 2

Metro is an awesome way to travel.
I just spent a week in DC and never took my car into the city.

The metro stop for Arlington Cemetery is off of the blue line train and it literally drops you right at the entrance gate to the cemetery. It will be a bit of a hike, but yes Iwo Jima is also in walking distance of the same metro stop. I'm not sure of the best route. You might want to stop by the information desk at Arlington and ask. Everyone is very helpful in DC.

We did Arlington and the major monuments (Lincoln, WWII, Vietnam, and Washington) all in one day. We did it all on metro (ride back to Foggy Bottom from Arlington) with some walking. Just make sure you have some good shoes. Have a good trip

Answer 3

Yes, Iwo Jima is practially in Arlington Cemetery, and while you are there, you can also see the Netherlands Carrilion if you have time. (If you had a vehicle, I'd tell you to go across the GW parkway to Roosevelt Island to picnic.)

After that, you should go the the Mall. Whether you want to see monuments or museums--that's where most of the attractions are. I'd recommend the west side of the mall (Lincoln, Vietnam, Washington) or the south side (Jefferson, FDR, Korea), or one of the museums (Natural History, Air and Space, or American History). If you had another day, I'd say see all of that. And I wouldn't wait in line to go to the top of the Washington monument--if you had a week in town, why not, but with only a day to sightsee, skip it.

I've never tried to get to Iwo Jima from Rosslyn on foot. I take the Blue Line to the Arlington Cemetery stop.

Answer 4

You can see both the Iwo JIma and Arlington Cemetery in one trip. Take the Metro going to Rosalyn. The best way not to get confuse it to take the Metro from the main Train station where Amtrak is. Get off at Rosalyn stop and the Iwo JIma memorial is just a walking distance. From the memorial the cemetery is another walking distance.

Answer 5

Arlington Cemetery and Iwo Jima are on the VA side. You could walk to Arlington Cemetry over the bridge, but its; quite a distance to walk...
Better is if you would take a cab.
I also would suggest that if you only have one day in DC that you stay at the mall. There is so much to see...starting from the White House, The WWII memorial (a must see!), Lincoln Memorial,.. all the museums along the mall ...all the way to the capitol and union station...You will be exhausted if you did all that.

Answer 6

Go to:

http://www.metroopensdoors.com

It can help you plan your route, figure out which sights are close to which stops, etc. I'm pretty sure the westbound Blue Line has a stop right by Arlington; but I've never been to Iwo Jima, so I couldn't say for sure about that.

You might also stop at the Smithsonian stop on the Blue/Orange line -- you've got the Washington Monument at one end, the Natural History Museum, the National Archive, The National Air and Space Museum ,and the Capitol building at the far end. If you've got the time, you can even walk to Arlington cemetary from there.

Answer 7

Having lived at Quarters K across the street from Arlington in 1965 (Quarters K is probably not there, now), we used to take the ?Columbia Pike? bus to get off right at the cemetery. We also walked through the cemetery past the monument many times in order to get to the apartment buildings (where all the girls and service wives lived) just outside the cemetery - it's a few blocks and not a bad walk on a road that goes straight past the monument (on the left) from the ?Columbia Pike? entrance right near the bus stop.
Find the online web site for the DC bus system - they may even have underground service and should have maps.

Further up ?Columbia Pike? is (was) the Bureau of Naval Personnel - the Pentagon can be seen from the cemetery further down but not adjacent to the Pike, I think. Look for the Pentagon as a reference point - I know it hasn't moved since 1965.

Answer 8

The Iwo Jima memoral is in DC so I suggest you get a metro day pass($6.50 each but they only go on sale after 9am) that way you can hop on the metro after that and get to Arlington. I dont know if the Arlington cemetery is in walking distance from any of the metro stops in VA but either way, if you're not driving, it's best to just get the day pass because it will save you alot. You could also visit the DC metro/transit system site to get a detailed view of how you will travel. Use the trip planner/itinerary option http://www.wmata.com/ --- Good luck with your visit, hope you enjoy. :)

Answer 9

If you only have one day i would skip arlington national and iwa jima. If you go to the mall you can see the lincoln monument, white house, washington memorial, korean monument, viatnam wall memorial, captial, etc.

Answer 10

Instead of visiting those two sites, I suggest you visit the WW2 Memorial and the Vietnam War Memorial.
The Vietnam War Memorial is beautiful.
The WW2 Memorial is as well, but it is SPECTACULAR at night. It is absolutely amazing at night.
Both are very fitting memorials for heroes of long past wars. Heroes many Americans and people of the world have forgotten about...Heroes who will live on in my heart forever.