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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.
7 km · about 10 min drive
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Takoma Park
Maryland, United States · North America
About Takoma Park
Takoma Park works well as a base: 7km from Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Takoma Park is in Maryland, United States, with about 18,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Takoma Park is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Washington, D.C., and part of the Washington metropolitan area. Founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890, Takoma Park, informally called "Azalea City", is a Tree City USA and a nuclear-free zone. A planned commuter suburb, it isRead more
situated along the Metropolitan Branch of the historic Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, just northeast of Washington, D.C., and it shares a border and history with the adjacent Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Takoma. It is governed by an elected mayor and six elected councilmembers, who form the city council, and an appointed city manager, under a council-manager style of government. The city's population was 17,629 at the 2020 United States census.
Since 2013, residents of Takoma Park can vote in municipal elections when they turn sixteen. It was the first city in the United States to extend voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds in city elections. Since then, the City of Hyattsville has followed suit.
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What is there to see near Takoma Park?
Within an hour or so of Takoma Park: Smithsonian's National Zoo (7 km), The White House (9 km), National Mall (10 km), Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (10 km).
Where is Takoma Park?
Takoma Park is in Maryland, United States.
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- Population
- 17,713
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Maryland
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 38.9779, -77.0075
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Worth the detour from Takoma Park
8 notable places within an hour's 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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National Mall
America's front yard stretching from the US Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, lined with iconic monuments, memorials, and Smithsonian museums.
10 km · about 20 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.
10 km · about 20 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.
10 km · about 20 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.
10 km · about 20 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.
10 km · about 20 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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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