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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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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St. Charles
Maryland, United States · North America
About St. Charles
St. Charles sits on the route: 15 minutes from Bennsville, 32km from Smithsonian Museums.
St. Charles is in Maryland, United States, with about 33,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Bennsville, about 8 km away.
St. Charles is a planned community in Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Washington, D.C., 24 miles (39 km) from northern Virginia and immediately south of Waldorf, which is the mailing address. (St. Charles comprises nearly all the population of Waldorf's zip codeRead more
20602, and much of 20603). At the 2000 census, it was delineated as a census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 33,379. It was included in the Waldorf CDP for the 2010 census.
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What is there to see near St. Charles?
Within an hour or so of St. Charles: Smithsonian Museums (32 km), Jefferson Memorial (32 km), United States Capitol (32 km), Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (32 km).
Where is St. Charles?
St. Charles is in Maryland, United States, about 8 km from Bennsville.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 33,379
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Maryland
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 38.6073, -76.9248
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Worth the detour from St. Charles
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Jefferson Memorial
Neoclassical domed memorial on the Tidal Basin dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence.
32 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 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.
32 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.
33 km · about 40 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.
33 km · about 40 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.
33 km · about 40 min 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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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