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Smithsonian Museums
The world's largest museum complex with 21 museums and galleries, all free, including the Air and Space Museum and Natural History Museum.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Bowie
Maryland, United States · North America
About Bowie
Bowie works well as a base: 10 minutes from Fairwood, 25km from Smithsonian Museums.
Bowie is in Maryland, United States, with about 58,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Fairwood, about 4 km away.
Bowie Town Center is an outdoor shopping mall located in Bowie, Maryland that opened in November 2001. The mall is located on Emerald Way near the interchange of US Route 301 and US Route 50. Bowie Town Center has 79 stores including Macy's, Safeway, and LA Fitness.
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What is there to see near Bowie?
Within an hour or so of Bowie: Smithsonian Museums (25 km), United States Capitol (25 km), National Mall (26 km), Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (26 km).
Where is Bowie?
Bowie is in Maryland, United States, about 4 km from Fairwood.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 58,025
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Maryland
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 38.9428, -76.7303
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Worth the detour from Bowie
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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United States Capitol
Neoclassical seat of the US Congress topped by the iconic cast-iron dome, a centrepiece of the National Mall.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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National Mall
America's front yard stretching from the US Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, lined with iconic monuments, memorials, and Smithsonian museums.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Home to the Hope Diamond and over 148 million specimens, making it one of the world's premier natural history collections.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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National Gallery of Art
A free world-class museum on the National Mall featuring masterpieces from the Middle Ages to the present, including the only Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Americas.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
The world's most visited aerospace museum, displaying the Wright Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, and Apollo 11 command module.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Jefferson Memorial
Neoclassical domed memorial on the Tidal Basin dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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World War II Memorial
Grand open-air memorial on the National Mall honouring the 16 million Americans who served in the Second World War.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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