DIRECTIONS TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

National Capital Region Map

Interactive Map of Arlington National Cemetery

The ZIP CODE for Arlington National Cemetery is 22211. Use internet search engines for obtaining maps to the area.

FROM RICHMOND

Drive north on Route 95. Near the Washington Beltway, Route 95 will merge with the Beltway-do not merge with the Beltway. Continue traveling north on Route 395 toward Washington, DC. Take Exit 8-B (Arlington National Cemetery exit). This exit is to Route 27. Stay in the left lane until reaching the circle (on the Virginia side of the Arlington Memorial Bridge). Proceed counter-clockwise around the circle to Memorial Drive.

On Memorial Drive there will be a traffic guide who will be directing all traffic into the pay parking facility. You do not want to enter the pay parking facility. Stay to the right on Memorial Drive and inform the traffic guide that you are here for a funeral (please provide the name of the decedent to the guide). You will then continue on Memorial Drive. At the end of the street, turn left into the cemetery (if you are going to the Administration Building) or turn right into the cemetery and follow the white line (if you are going to the Post Chapel for a chapel service).

FROM FREDERICK, MARYLAND

Travel south on Route 270. Near the Washington Beltway (Route 495) the lanes will split. Stay to the right and follow the signs to Virginia. You will merge with the Beltway and continue traveling south on the Beltway. Upon crossing the American Legion Bridge (leaving Maryland and entering Virginia), get into the right lane and take the first exit (George Washington Parkway). Travel on the GW Parkway until you start going under bridges. Take the Arlington Cemetery-Memorial Bridge exit. Merge left with the traffic exiting from Route 110. At the stop sign make a left onto Memorial Drive. See the directions above for Memorial Drive.

FROM BALTIMORE

Drive south on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway or on Route 95 to the Washington Beltway. You can travel on Route 95 (eastern side of the Beltway) or travel on Route 495 (to the western side of the Beltway). If you follow Route 95, stay on the Beltway to Route 395 north (see directions from Richmond). If you follow Route 495 stay on the Beltway to the George Washington Parkway (see directions from Frederick).

FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA

Travel east on Route 50 and exit to George Washington Parkway then take Arlington Cemetery exit or travel east on Route 66 and take Spout Run exit to George Washington Parkway and then exit from the GW Parkway at the Arlington Cemetery exit.