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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.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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District Heights
Maryland, United States · North America
About District Heights
District Heights works well as a base: 5 minutes from Capitol Heights, 11km from Smithsonian Museums.
District Heights is in Maryland, United States, with about 6,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Capitol Heights, about 4 km away.
District Heights is an incorporated municipality in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located near Maryland Route 4. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,959. For more information, see the separate articles on Forestville and Suitland.
District Heights is located 9.85 miles (15.85 km) from centralRead more
Washington.
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What is there to see near District Heights?
Within an hour or so of District Heights: Smithsonian Museums (11 km), United States Capitol (11 km), National Mall (12 km), Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (12 km).
Where is District Heights?
District Heights is in Maryland, United States, about 4 km from Capitol Heights.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,144
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Maryland
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 38.8576, -76.8894
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Worth the detour from District Heights
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.
11 km · about 20 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.
12 km · about 25 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.
12 km · about 25 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.
12 km · about 20 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.
12 km · about 20 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.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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The White House
Official residence and workplace of the President of the United States since 1800, a symbol of American democracy.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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