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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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
Maryland, United States · North America
Bowie works well as a base: 10 minutes from Fairwood, 25km from Smithsonian Museums.
Bowie is a town located in Maryland, United States. With a population of 58,025, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Bowie sits in United States, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/New York time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Bowie to your route.
Bowie Town Center is an outdoor shopping mall located in Bowie, Maryland that opened in November 2001. The mall is located on Emerald Way near the interchange of US Route 301 and US Route 50. Bowie Town Center has 79 stores including Macy's, Safeway, and LA Fitness.
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Bowie is located in Maryland, United States, North America. The coordinates are 38.9428 latitude, -76.7303 longitude.
Bowie has a population of approximately 58,025 people, making it a town in United States.
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The world's largest museum complex with 21 museums and galleries, all free, including the Air and Space Museum and Natural History Museum.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Neoclassical seat of the US Congress topped by the iconic cast-iron dome, a centrepiece of the National Mall.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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America's front yard stretching from the US Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, lined with iconic monuments, memorials, and Smithsonian museums.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Home to the Hope Diamond and over 148 million specimens, making it one of the world's premier natural history collections.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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The world's most visited aerospace museum, displaying the Wright Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, and Apollo 11 command module.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Neoclassical domed memorial on the Tidal Basin dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Grand open-air memorial on the National Mall honouring the 16 million Americans who served in the Second World War.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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