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National Aquarium
Baltimore's Inner Harbor aquarium showcasing over 20,000 animals including dolphins, sharks, and tropical fish.
4 km · about 5 min drive
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Carrollton Ridge
Maryland, United States · North America
About Carrollton Ridge
Carrollton Ridge is worth a stop: 4km from National Aquarium.
Carrollton Ridge is in Maryland, United States, with about 2,300 people. You drive on the right here.
Carrollton Ridge is a neighborhood of South Baltimore, Maryland, United States
The area currently known as Carrollton Ridge is a low income residential neighborhood directly west of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Its boundaries are roughly defined by Frederick Avenue to the north, Carroll Park to the south, Bentalou StreetRead more
to the west and Fulton Avenue to the east. The neighborhood is racially diverse, though predominantly African American. The homes in Carrollton Ridge are mostly rowhouses.
Carrollton Ridge derived its name from two things. First, Dr. Charles Carroll, and his estate (a 117-acre (0.47 km2) remnant of which currently exists as Carroll Park). Second, the geographic ridge which runs alongside the western edge of the neighborhood.
Carrollton Ridge is home to Ohio Ave., which at approximately 25 feet long has one residential address, making it the world's shortest residential street according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
As of 2022, there were nearly 800 vacant homes in the neighborhood, mostly being those unfit for human residence.
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What is there to see near Carrollton Ridge?
Within an hour or so of Carrollton Ridge: National Aquarium (4 km), Smithsonian's National Zoo (52 km), National Mall (54 km), Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (54 km).
Where is Carrollton Ridge?
Carrollton Ridge is in Maryland, United States.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,318
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Maryland
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 39.2823, -76.6489
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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 Carrollton Ridge
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Smithsonian's National Zoo
Free-admission zoo in Washington, D.C. that is part of the Smithsonian Institution, famous for its giant pandas.
52 km · about 60 min 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.
54 km · about 65 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.
54 km · about 65 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.
54 km · about 60 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.
54 km · about 60 min drive
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The White House
Official residence and workplace of the President of the United States since 1800, a symbol of American democracy.
54 km · about 65 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.
54 km · about 60 min drive
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