DRIVING TO NWC
The National War College is located on Fort Lesley J. McNair, at 4th and P Streets, SW, in Washington D.C. You will need proper identification to get past the gate guards. The speed limit on post is 20mph and is rigidly enforced, so please drive carefully.
Directions from Virginia:
Coming north on Route 95, cross the 14th Street Bridge. (If you are in the HOV lanes, keep to your right and follow the sign towards 12th Street. You will then merge with the non-HOV lanes.) Once across the bridge, avoid the 12th Street exit, then take the next right exit to Maine Avenue. This puts you onto 9th Street. Proceed through the stop sign, then get into the left (turn) lane before the light. Turn left at the light onto Maine Avenue--in a few blocks, this road will turn into M Street. After several blocks you will come to 4th Street (a Safeway grocery store will be to your left). Take a right onto 4th Street. After going straight for a few blocks, it will curve around to the left. Immediately after the curve, turn right into Fort McNair.
Directions from Maryland:
FROM 270. Take 270 South to 495. At the fork, keep to your right. You will merge into 495 South. Then, watch for the exit, "George Washington Parkway"-- after you cross the American Legion Bridge that overlooks the Potomac River, you will bear right to the "GW Parkway" exit. Once on the Parkway, drive all the way to the end. Make a right turn and keep straight for a mile. Bear right at the exit, "395 North." Merge into traffic as you cross the 14th Street Bridge. Look for the exit "Maine Avenue" on your right. Taking this exit puts you onto 9th Street. Proceed through the stop sign, then get into the left (turn) lane before the light. Turn left at the light onto Maine Avenue--in a few blocks, this road will turn into M Street. After several blocks you will come to 4th Street (a Safeway grocery store will be to your left). Take a right onto 4th Street. After going straight for a few blocks, it will curve around to the left. Immediately after the curve, turn right into Fort McNair.
Driving on the NDU Campus at Fort McNair:
Reference this useful interactive map. Be aware, however, that the last leg of the animated route to NWC is incorrect--it directs you to drive the wrong way into the one-way parking lot immediately in front of Roosevelt Hall (i.e., the National War College).