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Jefferson Memorial
Neoclassical domed memorial on the Tidal Basin dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Bellevue
District of Columbia, United States · North America
About Bellevue
Bellevue works well as a base: 5 minutes from Oxon Hill, 6km from Jefferson Memorial.
Bellevue is in District of Columbia, United States, with about 9,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Oxon Hill, about 4 km away.
Bellevue is a residential neighborhood in far Southeast and Southwest in Washington, D.C., United States. It is bounded by South Capitol Street, one block of Atlantic Street SE, and 1st Streets SE and SW to the north and east; Joliet Street SW and Oxon Run Parkway to the south; Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE,Read more
Shepherd Parkway, 2nd Street SW, and Xenia Street SW to the west. Bellevue was created from some of the earliest land patents in Maryland, and draws its name from a 1795 mansion built in the area. Subdivisions began in the 1870s, but extensive residential building did not occur until the early 1940s. Bellevue is adjacent to a number of federal and city agency buildings.
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What is there to see near Bellevue?
Within an hour or so of Bellevue: Jefferson Memorial (6 km), National Mall (7 km), Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (7 km), National Gallery of Art (7 km).
Where is Bellevue?
Bellevue is in District of Columbia, United States, about 4 km from Oxon Hill.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,643
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- District of Columbia
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 38.8268, -77.0197
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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 Bellevue
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
7 km · about 15 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.
7 km · about 15 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.
7 km · about 15 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.
7 km · about 15 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.
7 km · about 15 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.
7 km · about 15 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.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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