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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.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Lincoln Heights
District of Columbia, United States · North America
About Lincoln Heights
Lincoln Heights works well as a base: 7km from Smithsonian Museums.
Lincoln Heights is in District of Columbia, United States, with about 8,900 people. You drive on the right here.
Lincoln Heights is a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue NE, Division Avenue NE, East Capitol Street NE, and 58th Street NE.
The neighborhood is almost entirely composed of the Lincoln Heights Housing Project, a 325-unit public housing complex withRead more
low-rise apartment buildings and townhouses ranging from one bedroom to four bedrooms. The complex is run by the District of Columbia Housing Authority.
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What is there to see near Lincoln Heights?
Within an hour or so of Lincoln Heights: Smithsonian Museums (7 km), United States Capitol (7 km), National Mall (8 km), Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (8 km).
Where is Lincoln Heights?
Lincoln Heights is in District of Columbia, United States.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 8,858
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 38.8946, -76.9289
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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 Lincoln Heights
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
7 km · about 15 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.
8 km · about 15 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.
8 km · about 15 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.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
The world's most visited aerospace museum, displaying the Wright Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, and Apollo 11 command module.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Jefferson Memorial
Neoclassical domed memorial on the Tidal Basin dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence.
9 km · about 20 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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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