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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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Gaithersburg
Maryland, United States · North America
About Gaithersburg
Gaithersburg is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Montgomery Village, 27km from Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Gaithersburg is in Maryland, United States, with about 67,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Montgomery Village, about 4 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Gaithersburg: Smithsonian's National Zoo (27 km), Vietnam Veterans Memorial (31 km), World War II Memorial (31 km), The White House (31 km).
Where is Gaithersburg?
Gaithersburg is in Maryland, United States, about 4 km from Montgomery Village.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 67,456
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Maryland
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 39.1434, -77.2014
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Worth the detour from Gaithersburg
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Moving black granite wall inscribed with the names of more than 58,000 American service members who died in the Vietnam War.
31 km · about 35 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.
31 km · about 35 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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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Lincoln Memorial
Neoclassical memorial honouring Abraham Lincoln, featuring a massive seated statue and the site of Martin Luther King's famous speech.
31 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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