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By Sheridan Alexander, About.com

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Location and Transportation

Government issued headstones, looking east with the Washington Monument in the background

Government issued headstones, looking east with the Washington Monument in the background

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Arlington National Cemetery
Location: Arlington National Cemetery is located across the Memorial Bridge from Washington, D.C., on the Virginia side of the Potomac River. With the Lincoln Memorial on the Washington, D.C. side and the Robert E. Lee Memorial at Arlington House on the Virginia side, the Memorial Bridge was designed to symbolize the joining together of the North and the South. The cemetery entrance actually begins near the Lincoln Memorial on the Washington side of the bridge and extends across the Potomac River.

Memorial Drive, which is intersected by the George Washington Memorial Parkway at a circular traffic rotary, connects the bridge on the Virginia side to the cemetery gates. Memorial Drive, ends at the entry court, which is now the Women's Memorial. Ample paid visitor parking at reasonable rates is accessible from Memorial Drive.

By Metrorail

The Arlington National Cemetery Station is located on the Metropolitan Washington D.C. Area Metrorail's Blue Line - during all hours the cemetery is open

Tourmobile

Narrated tours by Tourmobile provide the only authorized riding tour through Arlington National Cemetery. Unlimited on and off boarding stops within the cemetery include:
  • Arlington Cemetery Visitors Center/Women in Military Service for America Memorial

  • Kennedy Gravesites

  • Tomb of the Unknowns

  • Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial
For schedule and pricing information, visit Tourmobile.

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