Sheridan Circle Park

Address: Sheridan Circle, NW Washington, D.C., intersection of Massachusetts Ave and 23rd St NW

Admission: Free

Sheridan Circle is a traffic circle located on Massachusetts Avenue NW within the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. A bronze equestrian statue of General Philip Sheridan occupies the center of the circle and serves as its defining landmark.

The circle functions as a local traffic junction and pedestrian crossing point amid a dense urban neighborhood of late-19th and early-20th-century embassies and townhouses. The surrounding area is known for diplomatic missions and stately residential buildings.

The circle and its monument commemorate General Philip Sheridan, a Union cavalry leader in the American Civil War. Sheridan Circle sits in northwest Washington, along Massachusetts Avenue’s stretch commonly known as Embassy Row, near Dupont Circle and other central neighborhoods.

• Embassy Row location: Sits along historic Embassy Row in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood and is surrounded by several embassies and diplomatic buildings.

What to See#

• Sheridan Monument: A bronze equestrian monument to General Philip Sheridan sits at the center of the circle and provides a prominent visual focal point for the intersection.

Sheridan Circle is at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue NW and 23rd Street NW in the heart of Washington’s Embassy Row. It is walkable from the Dupont Circle metro (Red Line) or accessible by multiple bus routes that run along Massachusetts Avenue.

• Visit at golden hour for better light if photographing the Sheridan Circle monuments and the surrounding architecture.
• Be mindful of traffic: the circle is a busy junction and crossings can be fast-moving.