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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which red line station is near Shepherd Park elementary?[/quote]

The Silver Spring station is 1 mile away.  Northern parts of Shepherd Park are even closer.  I know a couple folks who walk from their homes to Metro in 10-15 min.[/quote]

I am 6 blocks to Takoma metro.[/quote] how long is the walk? do you commute that way?[/quote]

My walk is about 8-10 minutes. I metro to work, DH takes 16th St bus after walking to Shepherd (which happens to be a few more block walk than metro for us). Shepherd is a bit isolated, buts it's really convenient for our family, especially in summer where we tend to do camps WOTP and lower MoCo. Our close friends are in Petworth, Brightwood and Columbia Heights so for us we consider it convenient and suburban. [b]Best of both worlds. I would never sell it as the most central neighborhood, but there's a great charm to it and the school.[/b][/quote]

Totally agree with this assessment.  Shepherd Park's location also works great if one person in household works in MD and the other in DC--we know several families in this situation.

PP, the only thing you didn't hit on is the proximity to Rock Creek Park.  In our household, all adults (and the dog) go for hikes/jogs on RCP trails regularly.  Also great access to Beach Drive for cycling.  So for outdoorsy families, this is a great benefit of the location.[/quote]

+1 we are 3 blocks from Holly trail in RCP. It is such a lovely mini-hike that we do almost daily from March-Oct (gets too muddy in winter). My kids and dogs think it's the coolest thing in the world to explore it and encounter horses and different animals each day. When we're really adventurous, we walk it all the way to MD side and visit the horse stables. [/quote]

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