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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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Germantown
Maryland, United States · North America
About Germantown
Germantown sits on the route: 10 minutes from Montgomery Village, 33km from Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Germantown is in Maryland, United States, with about 86,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Montgomery Village, about 7 km away.
Germantown station is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C., and Martinsburg, West Virginia (with a branch to Frederick, Maryland). It is one of the busiest stations on the Brunswick Line along with Silver Spring and Rockville stations. All Brunswick Line trains stop at thisRead more
station.
The original Germantown station, which was built by Ephraim Francis Baldwin for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was destroyed by arsonists in 1978, and was reconstructed for MARC.
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Within an hour or so of Germantown: Smithsonian's National Zoo (33 km), Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (37 km), Vietnam Veterans Memorial (37 km), World War II Memorial (37 km).
Where is Germantown?
Germantown is in Maryland, United States, about 7 km from Montgomery Village.
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- Population
- 86,395
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Maryland
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 39.1732, -77.2716
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Worth the detour from Germantown
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Powerful stone monument on the National Mall honouring the civil rights leader, featuring a 9-metre carved figure emerging from rock.
37 km · about 45 min 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.
37 km · about 45 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.
37 km · about 45 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.
37 km · about 40 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.
37 km · about 45 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.
38 km · about 45 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.
38 km · about 45 min drive
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