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Getting Around Clarendon

Clarendon Metro station, on Metrorail's Orange Line, is in the center of Clarendon's shopping area, and the Court House station is just a few blocks away. Metrobus and ART routes also serve the neigborhood. The Arlington Boulevard Trail provides bicycle access, and on-street bike lanes make it easy to bike around this urban village. Scroll down or choose a link below for more information about getting around Clarendon.

Metrorail | Metrobus | ART-Arlington Transit | Bicycling | Walking | Car Sharing | Taxis | Maps | Metro's Trip Planner (door-to-door instructions) | Transit Fares & Information

Metrorail

Regional rail service for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

• Clarendon station, on the Orange Line. Highland St., between Wilson & Clarendon Blvds. Elevator (handicapped access): Clarendon Park, next to Clarendon Metro station, between Wilson & Clarendon Blvds.
• Clarendon interactive map (choose the Metro Bus and Rail view in lower left)
• CommuterPage.com® Metro system page – news and information about Metrorail and Metrobus
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) – operators of the Metro system

Metrobus

Regional bus service for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. For additional bus routes, see ART-Arlington Transit, below.

• Metrobus routes serving Clarendon
  • Metrobus 24 P – Ballston-Pentagon
  • Metrobus 38 B – Ballston-Farragut Square
• Clarendon interactive map (choose the Metro Bus and Rail view in lower left)
• CommuterPage.com® Metro System page – news and information about Metrobus and Metrorail, schedules and maps, more
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), operators of the Metro system

ART-Arlington Transit

ART is Arlington's local bus service. For additional bus service, see Metrobus, above.

• ArlingtonTransit.com – general information, route maps and schedules
• ART Routes serving Clarendon
  • ART 41 – Columbia Pike-Ballston-Court House
• Interactive map of Clarendon (choose the ART view in lower left)
• Contact ART

Bicycling

• Bike Access – Clarendon and Wilson Boulevards both have bike lanes throughout the Clarendon area, providing connections to Court House and Virginia Square. Bike lanes on Fairfax Drive and Kirkwood Road link Clarendon to Ballston and the Custis Trail. Highland Street provides a good connection to the Arlington Boulevard Trail.
• Bike Parking – Bike parking is available at the Clarendon Metro Station, in the parking garage at the Market Common Clarendon and at on-street locations throughout Clarendon.
• Bike maps
  • Clarendon interactive map (choose Bike Routes view in lower left)
  • Arlington Bike & Walk Options Map (PDF, 1.1 MB)
  • Other Arlington bicycle maps
• Bicycling general information
  • BikeArlington.com
  • Arlington bicycling pages
  • CommuterPage.com® Bicycling and Walking page
  • CommuterPage.com® Bicycling Links and Resources
  • Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA)

Walking

• Custis Trail – see “Bike Access” above.
• WALKArlington
• “WALKArlington Walkabout” – “Discovery Walk” with Tom Petty and Barley
• Walking destinations – The Market Common, Shops and restaurants on Wilson Blvd. and Lyon Village Park.
• Arlington Bike & Walk Options Map – Bike lanes, shared use trails, and more. (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Car Sharing

• Zipcar – Car sharing locations in Clarendon and throughout the Ballston-Rosslyn corridor
• Car Sharing at Metro stations – information about WMATA's partnership with Zipcar to provide car sharing
• CommuterPage.com® Carsharing page – news and information about carsharing in the D.C. area

Taxis

• Blue Top Cab
• Red Top Cab,
• CommuterPage.com® Taxicabs page – information about taxicabs in the Washington, D.C. area

Maps

• Clarendon interactive map
• Clarendon Metro Station Neighborhood Map (StationMasters)
• Arlington Transit Options map – Metrobus, Metrorail, ART, and carsharing services on one convenient Arlington map. (PDF, 1.2 megabytes)
• Arlington Bike & Walk Options Map – Bike lanes, shared use trails, and more. (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Other Arlington bicycle maps
• Metrobus schedules and maps
• Metrorail system map
• Arlington County interactive mapping service

Metro's Trip Planner

Use Metro's Trip Planner to find out exactly how to get where you want to go in the Washington, D.C. area, using Metro bus and rail and local bus systems. The Trip Planner asks you where you're starting and when and where you want to go. Then it finds the best way for you to get there using the Metro system and local bus systems.

Transit Fares & Information

• CommuterPage.com® – Easy commutes begin here®.
• CommuterDirect.com® – Purchase transit fares online.

Arlington's urban villages are walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods well served by public transportation. People who live in these neighborhoods are able to walk to shopping or to restaurants and hop on Metrorail, Metrobus or ART when they need to go anywhere else in the Washington Metro area. More about Arlington's urban villages.