Washington DC
Visited Cities . Washington DC . Washington DC . Washington DCWashington DC / District of Columbia Facts
Sq. 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!
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