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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.
22 km · about 25 min drive
Virginia, United States · North America
Burke works well as a base: 10 minutes from Ravensworth, 22km from Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Burke is a town located in Virginia, United States. With a population of 41,055, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Burke 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 Burke to your route.
Lake Braddock is a reservoir in the community of Burke in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Lake Braddock is created by an impoundment on a tributary stream of Pohick Creek, itself a tributary of the Potomac River.
In 1969, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the Northern Virginia Soil District signedRead more
contracts which allowed the construction of the dam impounding the tributary of the Pohick creek in Burke. The $138,500 cost of the dam, intended as the first of eight to control soil erosion and flooding in the Pohick watershed, was split between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Yeonas Development Corporation, the latter of which intended to build a 1000-unit development on the surrounding 400 acres (160 ha).
The ultimate cost of the dam creating the 19 acres (7.7 ha) lake was $93,000 to the U.S. Government and $104,000 to Yeonas.
The fact that the lake included no public recreation facilities despite being financed with public money was the subject of controversy, and led to the amendment of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act in 1972 to require public access to all such facilities constructed in the future.
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Burke is located in Virginia, United States, North America. The coordinates are 38.7934 latitude, -77.2716 longitude.
Burke has a population of approximately 41,055 people, making it a town in United States.
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Powerful stone monument on the National Mall honouring the civil rights leader, featuring a 9-metre carved figure emerging from rock.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Moving black granite wall inscribed with the names of more than 58,000 American service members who died in the Vietnam War.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Neoclassical memorial honouring Abraham Lincoln, featuring a massive seated statue and the site of Martin Luther King's famous speech.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Neoclassical domed memorial on the Tidal Basin dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence.
23 km · about 25 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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Official residence and workplace of the President of the United States since 1800, a symbol of American democracy.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Towering 169-metre marble obelisk on the National Mall honouring America's first president, George Washington.
23 km · about 25 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.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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