Transportation & Travel
Get all the information you need for your travel to TAGC 2024 and transportation around the Washington, DC Metro Area.
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BRINGING GENETICS TOGETHER
TAGC24
BRINGING GENETICS TOGETHER
Get all the information you need for your travel to TAGC 2024 and transportation around the Washington, DC Metro Area.
As part of your stay at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, hotel guests can ride the National Harbor Circulator bus for free. This bus runs daily and can take visitors to MGM, Tanger Outlets, and the National Harbor Waterfront. All you need to do is show your room key and enjoy the ride. Tickets cost $10 for non-hotel guests.
National Harbor has access to two Washington, DC Metro Area Transit Authority buses. The NH1 and NH2 buses stop walking distance from the hotel, and they stop at the Southern Ave. Metro Station and King St.-Old Town Metro Station, respectively.
Fares can be purchased with the SmarTrip app, with Apple Pay or Google Wallet, or with a plastic metro card available via vending machines at all rail stations. Rail-bus and bus-rail transfers are free for two hours after first payment.
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Uber and Lyft are available. For more information, visit the Uber or Lyft app.
The Potomac Water Taxi connects National Harbor, Old Town Alexandria, Georgetown, and The Wharf. For more information on tickets, visit the water taxi website.
Washington, DC is easily accessible by plane, train, bus, and car. Below are directions to reach National Harbor from common transportation hubs like Dulles International Airport, Washington Reagan Airport, Baltimore-Washington International Airport, DC Union Station, and Alexandria Union Station.
Address for Directions
201 Waterfront St, National Harbor, MD 20745
Parking
There are a few different free and paid parking options available in National Harbor. The Gaylord National Resort offers discounted self-parking for attendees at $20 per day which includes in and out privileges. Valet parking is also available for $54 a day. There are other parking garages around National Harbor that may offer less expensive short-term rates, and the MGM Grand Casino offers free parking that is accessible to the rest of National Harbor by the Circulator bus, which costs $10 for people who are not staying at the venue hotel. For attendees staying at the Gaylord National Resort, the National Harbor Circulator is free: you’ll just have to show your room key.
From Washington Union Station
Transfer to the Washington Metro Station at Union Station, and from there, take a Red line to Gallery Place. Transfer to either a Yellow Line or Green Line. Take the Yellow Line to King St-Old Town Station where you can transfer to an NH2 bus to National Harbor, which drops you off walking distance to the hotel. If you take the Green Line, transfer at Southern Station to the NH1 bus which drops you off walking distance to the hotel.
Fares can be purchased with the SmarTrip app, with Apple Pay or Google Wallet, or with a plastic metro card available via vending machines at all rail stations. Rail-bus and bus-rail transfers are free for two hours after first payment.
For more information, visit wmata.com
From Alexandria Union Station
Walk from the Alexandria Union Station to King St-Old Town Metro Station. Take the NH2 metrobus to National Harbor. The bus drops off walking distance to the hotel.
For more information, visit wmata.com
Driving from DCA, IAD, or BWI
See the directions for planning to drive or ride-share to National Harbor.
Taking the metro from DCA
Walk to the metro station at the airport where you can catch a Blue Line or Yellow Line to King St-Old Town Station in Alexandria. From there, you can either rideshare across the Potomac or take the NH2 metrobus, which picks up from the station and drops off walking distance to the venue.
Fares can be purchased with the SmarTrip app, with Apple Pay or Google Wallet, or with a plastic metro card available via vending machines at all rail stations. Rail-bus and bus-rail transfers are free for two hours after first payment.
If you wish to take the scenic route, there are water taxis available from Alexandria to National Harbor.
For more information, visit wmata.com
Taking the metro from IAD
Walk to the metro station at the airport where you can catch a Silver Line toward Washington, DC.
The most direct way is to transfer at Rosslyn Station to a Blue Line or Yellow Line. From there, follow the directions on how to get to National Harbor from DCA.
If you wish to stop in Washington, DC first, here are directions for an alternate route: Take the Green Line to Southern Station where you can transfer to the NH1 bus, which picks up at the station and drops off walking distance from the venue.
Fares can be purchased with the SmarTrip app, with Apple Pay or Google Wallet, or with a plastic metro card available via vending machines at all rail stations. Rail-bus and bus-rail transfers are free for two hours after first payment.
For more information, visit wmata.com
Taking regional rail from BWI
BWI offers a free shuttle service to the airport’s Amtrak and MARC station. From there, take Amtrak’s Northeast Regional (or a similar train) to Alexandria Union Station. Transfer to the NH2 metrobus to finish the journey to National Harbor.
If you take MARC, get off at Washington Union Station. From there, follow the directions for train travel arriving in Washington Union Station.
Fares are available for Amtrak online, through their app, or in station, and for MARC, they are available through the CharmPass app or in station.