Swedish Midsommar Celebration

Sunday, June 23, 2024 Carderock Picnic Pavilion, MD 3 pm to 6 pm

Hosted by Drott Lodge, ASA, SWEA DC, and Finlandia Foundation NCC

All are invited to our 59th annual Midsommar - come help decorate and raise the Maypole! 

Schedule:

3:00 Children's Games (Prizes) and Maypole Decoration

3:45 Welcome Greetings

3:50 Maypole Procession

4:00 Dancing round the Maypole

4:45 Picnic Dinner

Please bring:

- Greens & Flowers for the Maypole!

- Your own picnic and drinks (beer must be in plastic cups/consumed in pavilion)

- Lawn chairs or picnic blankets (if not sitting in the pavilion)

- Trash bags (this park has no trash cans, and all trash must be carried home with you)

Join us for children's Games, Live Music and Ring Dances around the Maypole 

DIRECTIONS TO CARDEROCK PARK PAVILION AND PARKING INFO

From I-495 in Maryland: 

1. Take I-495 West and take Exit 41 toward Carderock/Great Falls. 

2. Merge onto the Clara Barton Pkwy and continue 1 mile to the Carderock exit (on the right is the David Taylor Model Basin - 9500 MacArthur Blvd., West Bethesda, MD 208I7). 

3. Take the Carderock exit and at the stop sign, turn left to cross over the Clara Barton Pkwy. Follow the road until you reach a second stop sign. 

4. Turn right for parking lot "B" and the restrooms. The pavilion is located to the left of this parking lot - follow the path past the restrooms. Overflow parking is available in Lot “C” to the right. 

From I-270:
1. Take I-270 South and keep right to take I-270 Spur South toward 

I-270/Washington/I-495 /Northern Virginia.
2. I-270 Spur South becomes I-495 South/Capital Beltway. 3. Take Exit 41 toward Carderock/Great Falls. 

4. Merge onto the Clara Barton Pkwy and continue 1 mile to the Carderock exit (on the right is the David Taylor Model Basin - 9500 MacArthur Blvd., West Bethesda, MD 20817). 

5. Take the Carderock exit and at the stop sign, turn left to cross over the Clara Barton Pkwy. Follow the road until you reach a second stop sign. 

6. Turn right for parking lot "B" and the restrooms. The pavilion is located to the left of this parking lot - follow the path past the restrooms. Overflow parking is available in Lot “C” to the right. 

From I-495 in Virginia:
1. Take Exit 41 (Carderock/Glen Echo) from the American Legion 

Bridge and at the fork, bear left toward Great Falls/Carderock. 

2. Merge onto the Clara Barton Pkwy and continue 1 mile to the Carderock exit (on the right is the David Taylor Model Basin - 9500 MacArthur Blvd., West Bethesda, MD 208I7). 

3. Take the Carderock exit and at the stop sign, turn left to cross over the Clara Barton Pkwy. Follow the road until you reach a second stop sign. 

4. Turn right for parking lot "B" and the restrooms. The pavilion is located to the left of this parking lot - follow the path past the rest- rooms. Overflow parking is available in Lot “C” to the right. 

From Washington (Georgetown):
1. From the intersection of "M" Street and Key Bridge, go west for approximately .5 miles and bear left onto Canal Road. 

2. Stay straight on Canal Road which turns into the Clara Barton Pkwy and follow the Clara Barton Pkwy for approximately 9 miles to the Carderock exit (on the right is the David Taylor Model Ba- sin - 9500 MacArthur Blvd., West Bethesda, MD 208I7). 

3. Take the Carderock exit and at the stop sign, turn left to cross over the Clara Barton Pkwy. Follow the road until you reach a second stop sign. 

4. Turn right for parking lot "B" and the restrooms. The pavilion is located to the left of this parking lot - follow the path past the rest- rooms. Overflow parking is available in Lot “C” to the right. 

MAP TO CARDEROCK PARK PAVILION