Welcome to Kalorama Park. Kalorama Park is a 3-acre triangular park located at the intersection of Columbia Road, Kalorama Road, and 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC.

The name Kalorama, meaning "beautiful view" in Greek, comes from the 19th century estate of the same name, comprising much of the surrounding area. The estate was later subdivided into smaller parcels. The parcel on which the park is located passed through several hands, until it was acquired by the Federal government in the 1940s. In 1971, the National Park Service transferred jurisdiction (but not ownership) over the Park to the District of Columbia for recreation and related purposes.

The Fund for Kalorama Park, a 501(c)(3) organization, was established in 1995 for the purpose of improving the facilities, land, plantings, and programs at Kalorama Park and its immediate environs. Since its incorporation, the Fund has spent nearly $100,000 to provide maintenance, trees, landscaping, and benches and to fund recreational activities in the Park. The Fund has also worked with the City's Department of Parks and Recreation, which has provided lighting, playground equipment, and hard surfacing repairs over the past several years. The Fund has provided financial support for various youth activities such as the park basketball, soccer, and double dutch teams, and for trips to amusement parks and college tours. The Kalorama Park Advisory Board was established to advise the DC Department of Parks and Recreation on activities and events held in the Park.

The park’s recreation center is managed by John Borges and Mona Scott, from the DC Department of Parks and Recreation. In winter, the center is open daily from 2:30 to 9 and 10 to 4 on Saturdays. In summer, the center is open daily from 6 to 9 pm (after summer camp ends) and from 10 to 4 on Saturdays. The Fund with the rec center staff to schedule a multitude of programming events for children throughout the year, including a Valentine's Day party, a fall picnic, a Halloween party, and a winter holiday party. Other youth activities in the park include the Department's summer camp and friday night movies.

The Community Garden located in the Park is available for neighbors to use for growing vegetables and flowers. Plots are assigned by lottery each year.  Look for flyers announcing the procedure in early spring.

For a list of repair items the Fund has requested from DPR, please click here.

To see the basketball court drainage problem, click here.

For a copy of DPR's March 2007 proposed dog park regulations, click here (starts on the 7th page).

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