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National Aquarium
Baltimore's Inner Harbor aquarium showcasing over 20,000 animals including dolphins, sharks, and tropical fish.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Johnston Square
Maryland, United States · North America
About Johnston Square
Johnston Square is worth a stop: 2km from National Aquarium.
Johnston Square is in Maryland, United States, with about 2,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Johnston Square is a neighborhood in central Baltimore, Maryland located east of the Fallsway and west of the Oliver neighborhood, bordered by Greenmount Cemetery at the north and Eager Street at the south.
The neighborhood contains Johnston Square Elementary School, and two parks: Johnston Square Park and AmbroseRead more
Kennedy Park. It is one of five neighborhoods whose Urban Renewal Plans are included in the East Baltimore Revitalization Plan. The neighborhood contains portions of the Baltimore City Correctional Facilities and its residents are mostly low income African-American families. It has been used as a filming location on the HBO drama The Wire.
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What is there to see near Johnston Square?
Within an hour or so of Johnston Square: National Aquarium (2 km), Smithsonian's National Zoo (57 km), National Mall (58 km), Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (58 km).
Where is Johnston Square?
Johnston Square is in Maryland, United States.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,993
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Maryland
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 39.3035, -76.6062
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AAA roadside assistance: 1-800-222-4357. Right turn on red is legal in most states unless signed otherwise.
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Worth the detour from Johnston Square
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
57 km · about 65 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.
58 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.
58 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.
58 km · about 65 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.
58 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.
58 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.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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