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House on Franklintown Road in the Franklintown Historic District which was listed on the NRHP on	November 11, 2001.  The district includes	5100-5201 N. Franklintown Rd. (southern boundary), 1707-1809 N. Forest Park Ave., 5100 Hamilton Ave., and 5100 Fredwall Ave. in Baltimore, Maryland (western border)
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Another house on Franklintown Road in the Franklintown Historic District which was listed on the NRHP on	November 11, 2001.  The district includes	5100-5201 N. Franklintown Rd. (southern boundary), 1707-1809 N. Forest Park Ave., 5100 Hamilton Ave., and 5100 Fredwall Ave. in Baltimore, Maryland (western border)
Detached house, 850 N. Franklintown Road, Baltimore, MD 21216
United States

Photograph by Eli Pousson, 2017 July 25.
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Franklintown

Maryland, United States · North America

About Franklintown

Franklintown is worth a stop: 8km from National Aquarium.

Franklintown is in Maryland, United States, with about 1,300 people. You drive on the right here.

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Within an hour or so of Franklintown: National Aquarium (8 km), Smithsonian's National Zoo (52 km), United States Capitol (53 km), National Mall (54 km).

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Franklintown is in Maryland, United States.

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Quick Information

Population
1,305
Continent
North America
Country
United States
Region
Maryland
Timezone
America/New_York
Coordinates
39.3058, -76.7014

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911
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911
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Driving side
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Worth the detour from Franklintown

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

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National Aquarium

Baltimore's Inner Harbor aquarium showcasing over 20,000 animals including dolphins, sharks, and tropical fish.

8 km · about 15 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.

52 km · about 60 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.

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.

54 km · about 60 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.

54 km · about 60 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.

54 km · about 60 min drive

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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.

54 km · about 60 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.

54 km · about 60 min drive

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