Location + Transit

Location + Parking

The house is located in a neighborhood known as Calvert Hills, in College Park, Maryland.  Calvert Hills is one of the safest and nicest neighborhoods in the area around the university and is filled with many university employees and students.  It is a family-friendly neighborhood, not designed for partying or party houses. 

The house has street parking for all tenants, and two visitor parking passes for when friends come over or family visits. 

To Campus

There are multiple options for transit to campus.  Many in the Calvert Hills neighborhood are either students or professors at UMD walk daily to campus.  To the southeast corner of campus, it is roughly a 12-minute walk.  If you’re going to the far side of campus, you can take a UMD shuttle bus from the edge of the neighborhood along Rt.1 or from the College Park Metro station which is conveniently located inside the neighborhood.  The metro station is roughly a 9-minute walk from the house.

To Grocerys + Food

The area has a number of grocery stores to choose from.  Most popular is the Whole Foods that is on the southern edge of the neighborhood and accessible via a paved walking path known as the "Old Trolley Trail."  You can also drive there, of course, and there is ample parking.  Other grocery stores in the area include a Shoppers, two Giant grocery stores, and for those who want to visit Takoma Park, a Trader Joe’s roughly 20 minutes away.  There are also Mom's and Yes Organic Markets in the area.  

Food wise, we have two Starbucks, plenty of restaurants, two brew-pubs, an abundance of pizza places, and a true gem of a local pizzeria called Pizzeria Paradiso which now has a location in nearby Hyattsville.  P.S.  Their beer list is a book...

Links are below to our favorites :)