Peirce Mill will be CLOSED for Memorial Day Weekend. 
Click here for our hours in May.

Create by the Creek returns on June 14, which is also our next milling day!

William Beckett: From Linnaean Hill to the Library of Congress
will be on view near Klingle Mansion in Rock Creek Park
from April 16 to May 31.

Click here for more information.

Smiling volunteers in NPS t-shirts inside Peirce Mill.

VOLUNTEER

Do you love DC history or wooden machinery? Volunteer and help us tell Peirce Mill’s story.

Peirce Mill Estate

CALENDAR

Milling season is April to October, but there’s something happening at Peirce Mill throughout the year.

4 children look at the millstone at Peirce Mill

TEACHER RESOURCES

There’s a lot to learn at Peirce Mill, and we’re building resources for teachers and students.

MILL STORIES 

A place to share what we’ve learned, and are still learning, about the former Peirce Estate in Rock Creek Park.

Peirce Mill · Rock Creek Park · Washington, DC

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Location

Peirce Mill
2401 Tilden Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20008

Peirce Mill is located in Rock Creek Park at the corner of Tilden Street NW (same as Park Road) and Beach Drive.

May Hours

Peirce Mill will be open from 10:00am to 4:00pm
on the following days in May:

Saturday, May  3*
Sunday, May 4*

Saturday, May  10
Sunday, May 11

Saturday, May  17
Sunday, May 18

CLOSED for Memorial Day Weekend 

Saturday, May  31
Sunday, June 1

*Milling Day

Directions

Metro access from the Red Line
Cleveland Park or Van Ness-UDC exits

Parking lots and picnic pavilions located on Tilden St. NW and Beach Drive

Rock Creek Park Trail Map
https://www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/maps.htm

The Friends of Peirce Mill, Inc. is an official partner of
the National Park Service in Rock Creek Park and
a non-profit organization incorporated in the District of Columbia.

It has been recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

Free public programs at Peirce Mill are supported by
the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

Logo for DC Commission on the Arts and Humanties