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Written by Kris M. on August 9, 2021

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Washington DC / District of Columbia Facts


Washington DC Travel Journal - CoverSq. Miles: 68.34

Population: 692,683 as of 2019

Year Founded: July 16,1790

Animal: Olympic Marmot

Bird: Wood Thrush

Drink: The Rickey

Fish: Steelhead Trout

Flower: America Beauty Rose

Song: Our Nation’s Capital

Tree: Scarlet Oak

Longest Road: Georgia Avenue

Longest River: Potomac

Highest Elevation: 410 feet at Reno Reservoir

Lowest Elevation: 0 feet / sea level on the Anacostia and Potomac Shores

Famous People: 214

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Things To Do in Washington DC


Here are some options for what to do if you’re in the DC area.

On the National Mall

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Thomas Jefferson Memorial
  • World War II Memorial
  • Three Servicemen
  • German American Friendship Garden
  • National Museum of African American History & Culture
  • National Gallery of Art
  • US Botanic Garden
  • Robert A Taft Memorial
  • Smithsonian Castle
  • Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
  • Washington Monument
  • Vietnam Women’s Memorial
  • Constitution Gardens
  • National Museum of American History
  • National Air & Space Museum
  • National Museum of the American Indian
  • Ulysses S Grant Memorial
  • African Art Museum
  • U.S. Capital
  • The White House

 

Off the National Mall

  • Smithsonian Institution Offices
  • National Gallery of Art
  • Smithsonian National Zoological Park
  • Dupont Circle
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • International Spy Museum
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • United States National Arboretum
  • Ford’s Theater & The Peterson House
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • National Archives Museum
  • Hirshhom Museum
  • National Building Museum
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
  • George Washington’s Mount Vernon
  • Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
  • Smithsonian National Postal Museum
  • Newseum
  • The U.S. Capital Visitor’s Center
  • National Archives Research Center
  • Library of Congress
  • National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
  • The Phillips Collection
  • Dumbarton Oaks Museum
  • Museum of the Bible
  • Renwick Gallery
  • Tudor Place Historic House & Garden
  • Capital One Arena
  • The Mansion on O & O Street Museum
  • Federal Triangle
  • African American Civil War Memorial
  • American Veterans Disables for Life Memorial
  • Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
  • District of Columbia War Memorial
  • Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
  • World War I Memorial (Pershing Park)
  • George Mason Memorial
  • John Ericsson Memorial
  • National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
  • James Madison Memorial Building
  • US Navy Memorial
  • National Museum of Crime & Punishment
  • Madame Tussauds

 

If you happen to use travel journals, be sure to check out the travel journal I created for my future Washington DC Road Trips.

In the meantime, check out the stops we visited on our Washington DC road trip!

Written by Kris M.

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