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National Aquarium
Baltimore's Inner Harbor aquarium showcasing over 20,000 animals including dolphins, sharks, and tropical fish.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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Eldersburg
Maryland, United States · North America
About Eldersburg
Eldersburg sits on the route: 5 minutes from Sykesville, 32km from National Aquarium.
Eldersburg is in Maryland, United States, with about 31,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Sykesville, about 4 km away.
Eldersburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The population was 30,531 at the 2010 census.
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Within an hour or so of Eldersburg: National Aquarium (32 km), Gettysburg Battlefield (51 km), Smithsonian's National Zoo (53 km), National Mall (57 km).
Where is Eldersburg?
Eldersburg is in Maryland, United States, about 4 km from Sykesville.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 30,531
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Maryland
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 39.4037, -76.9503
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Worth the detour from Eldersburg
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Gettysburg Battlefield
The site of the Civil War's bloodiest battle and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, preserved as a 6,000-acre national military park.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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Smithsonian's National Zoo
Free-admission zoo in Washington, D.C. that is part of the Smithsonian Institution, famous for its giant pandas.
53 km · about 60 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.
57 km · about 65 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.
57 km · about 65 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.
57 km · about 65 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.
57 km · about 65 min 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.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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