In this vibrant, cosmopolitan neighborhood, you will find some of the city's finest museums and historic homes as well as an array of ethnic restaurants, unique bookstores, and Washington's largest concentration of private art galleries.  

Dupont Circle, a lively urban park at the center of this community, attracts picnicking visitors, office workers, sunbathers, mothers with strollers, bicycle messengers, chess players, and assorted passersby.

The centerpiece of this busy space is the magnificent, white marble Dupont Memorial Fountain, designed by Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial.

Dupont Circle was ranked #1 on the Walk Score list of Most Walkable Neighborhoods in Washington, DC.  This rank not only includes walkability but accessability as well.  There are wheelchair ramps, plenty of benches with shade, sidewalks on all streets, etc.  Dupon Circle ranked a score of 99 out of 100.