Places to visit in College Park:
College Park Aviation Museum, 1985 Corporal Frank Scott Drive. Open daily 10 am to 5 pm. Located at the College Park Airport, the world's oldest continually operating airport, this museum emphasizes early aviation.
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Route 193 and Stadium Dr. Catch a play, music performance, or other event at the University.
Lake Artemesia, On the border with neighboring Berwyn Heights, this man-made lake offers fishing and a pleasant walking/biking/rollerblading trail around the circumference for free.
Paint Branch Golf Complex, 4690 University Boulevard (near Route 1), Open daily, seasonal hours. Nine hole "executive" golf course, driving range and putting green. $7 for a bucket of 65 golf balls, $10+ for 9 holes of golf, $3/day for putting green.
Terrapins Ticket Office, 2740 Comcast Center, M-F 8:30AM-4:30PM. With 27 different sports, the University of Maryland offers you a choice of everything from wrestling to lacrosse to softball. You can book your tickets for your game at this office.
Wells Ice Rink, 5211 Paint Branch Parkway. Open October to March.
Near-by places to visit:
D.C. is a few miles away.
Baltimore is about a 45-minute trip.
Bethesda is good for night-life and is about a 30-minute drive, or 45-minute Metro ride.
Silver Spring is about 20 minutes away and has a newly revitalized downtown.
Takoma Park and Langley Park have many ethnic eateries and crunchy shops.
Hyattsville and Mount Rainier are adjacent, hip areas on Route 1 towards D.C.
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