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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.
3 km · about 5 min drive
District of Columbia, United States · North America
Petworth works well as a base: 3km from Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Petworth is a town located in District of Columbia, United States. With a population of 18,983, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Petworth 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 Petworth to your route.
Sherman Circle is an urban park and traffic circle in the Northwest Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Petworth at the intersection of Illinois Avenue, Kansas Avenue, 7th Street, and Crittenden Street NW. The circle is named in honor of Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman. Administered by the National ParkRead more
Service's Rock Creek Park unit, Sherman Circle (U.S. Reservation 369) together with four surrounding triangular parks (U.S. Reservations 436, 438, 447, and 448) covers 3.44 acres (1.39 ha) and is considered by the National Park Service a "cultural landscape."
What became Sherman Circle and the four surrounding reservations were first documented in 1889 as part of the original plat of Petworth. It was not until 1923 that the five reservations were created. The design by landscape architect Irving W. Payne called for installing concrete walkways and planting trees, shrubs, grass, and perennials to reinforce the individual sites' interconnectedness and their connections to the neighborhood. In April 1926, the Office of the Public Buildings and Public Parks graded and seeded the circle, which was also being considered as a possible location to relocate the Bartholdi Fountain. Sidewalks were added in 1929.
In 1931, there was some discussion in the local press about moving the General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument from President's Park to Sherman Circle to allow for the widening of E Street NW, but no action to move the monument was ever taken.
During the planning of the Washington Metro in the late 1960s, Sherman Circle was briefly considered as a location for a Petworth stop on a line that would have been routed from Columbia Heights under Kansas Avenue NW en route to Fort Totten.
In 2012, 21 pedestrian lamps were added to the circle.
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Petworth is located in District of Columbia, United States, North America. The coordinates are 38.9459 latitude, -77.0250 longitude.
Petworth has a population of approximately 18,983 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.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Official residence and workplace of the President of the United States since 1800, a symbol of American democracy.
5 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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