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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.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Oakton
Virginia, United States · North America
About Oakton
Oakton works well as a base: 5 minutes from Vienna, 22km from Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Oakton is in Virginia, United States, with about 34,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Vienna, about 4 km away.
Oakton Trolley Station is a historic trolley station located at Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia. The Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway, which operated electric trolleys that travelled between Fairfax City and downtown Washington, D.C., from 1904 to 1939, constructed the station in 1905. The buildingRead more
has a three-story vernacular frame. It has a rectangular plan, with a wrap-around open porch, weatherboards and a tin roof.
The trolley line used the building as a station until the line closed in 1939. A post office and a general store then used the building until it became a boarding house. The building was restored in 1988 as a single family dwelling.
On October 19, 1994, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources added the trolley station to the Virginia Landmarks Register. The National Park Service then added the station to the National Register of Historic Places on February 8, 1995. In 2011, the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust entered into an historic preservation agreement that legally protects the historic resource.
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What is there to see near Oakton?
Within an hour or so of Oakton: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (22 km), Vietnam Veterans Memorial (22 km), Lincoln Memorial (22 km), Smithsonian's National Zoo (22 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Skyline Drive.
Where is Oakton?
Oakton is in Virginia, United States, about 4 km from Vienna.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 34,166
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Virginia
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 38.8809, -77.3008
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Essential numbers in United States
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 Oakton
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.
22 km · about 25 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.
22 km · about 25 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.
22 km · about 25 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.
23 km · about 25 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.
23 km · about 25 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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Washington Monument
Towering 169-metre marble obelisk on the National Mall honouring America's first president, George Washington.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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