Accessibility and Parking

Hours
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily (gates close at 5 p.m.).

Bathrooms
Bathrooms are available from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Bathrooms are not available on Thanksgiving and Christmas day.

Service Pets Only 
In consideration of the safety of our visitors, we allow only service pets on the holy grounds. 

Access to Entrance
Handicap spaces are limited; however, you may drop off your family at the Miller Family Visitors Center. Transportation is available from the parking lot to the Miller Family Visitors Center or 
St. Mary's Chapel.  Call (301) 447-5318 or email  us for reservations.

Accessibility Throughout the Grounds
All places at the National Shrine Grotto are wheelchair accessible, except the steps immediately before Corpus Christi Chapel and the lane leading to the Calvary Setting
statue by the Grotto Cave. Wheelchairs are available, free of charge, in the Miller Family Visitors Center.

Parking
The National Shrine Grotto has one paved parking lot for cars, with more than
240 spaces, located approximately 1/8 of a mile from the Miller Family Visitors Center and entrance to the Grotto.

Our parking is on a downhill grade and may be a challenge for motorcycle parking.
We have designated a flat, gravel area beyond the entrance of the Mount St. Mary’s Cemetery entrance.

Attention Bus Drivers! 
Please drop off your group at the Miller Family Visitors Center and park your bus on Mount St. Mary's University Memorial Building, Lot 10.
(refer to campus map)

Picnic Area
We have a small picnic area near John Hughes Cabin and overlooking the Mount St. Mary's Seminary and valley. Please help us keep the area clean and free of food and trash. A trash bin is located near the picnic area. Recyclable bins are located in the Miller Family Visitors Center. See the Interactive Map of the Grotto for picnic area details.

Schedule Group Visit

Prayer and Devotion​

• Request a Prayer
• Light a Candle
• Mass Enrollment
• Share your Blessings