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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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
Maryland, United States · North America
Rockville works well as a base: 5 minutes from Derwood, 19km from Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Rockville is a town located in Maryland, United States. With a population of 66,980, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Rockville 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 Rockville to your route.
The Montgomery County Courthouse Historic District, designated in 1986, includes several buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rockville, Maryland. The two-block district is focused on what remains of Rockville's old commercial, governmental, and residential center, most of which wasRead more
demolished during urban renewal in the 1960s.
The district includes the Romanesque Revival-style Red Brick Courthouse, designed by prominent Baltimore architect Frank E. Davis and built in 1891. Located at 29 Courthouse Square, it houses the refurbished Grand Courtroom, which was once used by the Montgomery County Circuit Court. The district also includes the 1931 Neoclassical-style Grey Courthouse and its 1960s addition (no longer used by the courts); the 1939 Georgian-styled post office of limestone construction; and the 1930 Art Deco stone building built for the Farmers Banking and Trust Company.
The courthouses are part of a cluster of municipal and county buildings at the corner of Maryland Avenue and Jefferson Street (Maryland Route 28) in downtown Rockville. Other buildings in the cluster include Rockville City Hall, the District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County (opened in 2011), and the Montgomery County Judicial Center, a Brutalist building opened in 1982 at 50 Maryland Avenue, which houses Montgomery County's Circuit Court, the Offices of the Sheriff, the Register of Wills, the Orphans' Court, and the State's Attorney for Montgomery County.
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Rockville is located in Maryland, United States, North America. The coordinates are 39.0840 latitude, -77.1528 longitude.
Rockville has a population of approximately 66,980 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.
19 km · about 20 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.
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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Neoclassical memorial honouring Abraham Lincoln, featuring a massive seated statue and the site of Martin Luther King's famous speech.
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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Home to the Hope Diamond and over 148 million specimens, making it one of the world's premier natural history collections.
24 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.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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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.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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