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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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
Maryland, United States · North America
Gaithersburg is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Montgomery Village, 27km from Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Gaithersburg is a town located in Maryland, United States. With a population of 67,456, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Gaithersburg 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 Gaithersburg to your route.
The Thomas and Company Cannery is a historic building located at Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a one to two-story tall, free-standing, load-bearing brick rectangular structure composed of four discrete, structurally independent but contiguous elements, built between 1917 and 1918. An addition wasRead more
constructed in 1956. It was the first and largest vegetable cannery in Montgomery County. The cannery was the primary employer in Gaithersburg, providing regular full and part-time employment for more than 200 people, and hundreds of additional jobs for migrant workers employed picking vegetables grown in the surrounding area. It closed in 1963, after fire damage.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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Gaithersburg is located in Maryland, United States, North America. The coordinates are 39.1434 latitude, -77.2014 longitude.
Gaithersburg has a population of approximately 67,456 people, making it a town in United States.
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Free-admission zoo in Washington, D.C. that is part of the Smithsonian Institution, famous for its giant pandas.
27 km · about 30 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.
31 km · about 35 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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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Official residence and workplace of the President of the United States since 1800, a symbol of American democracy.
31 km · about 35 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.
31 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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