Thomas Jefferson Memorial
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C., built in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the nation's third president.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: memorial in Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “Jefferson Memorial”, “JEFM”, “Monument a la memoire de Jefferson”, “THJE”, and “Thomas Jefferson Denkmal”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and Washington Monument.
National Mall
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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
Washington Monument
Photo: Greyfiveys, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Washington Monument is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. Washington Monument is situated 3,000 feet north of Thomas Jefferson Memorial.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust, dedicated to the documentation, study, and interpretation of the Holocaust. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Thomas Jefferson Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southwest and Waterfront.
Southwest
Quarter
Southwest is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the National Mall and west of South Capitol Street.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
Downtown
Suburb
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Categories: National Memorial of the United States, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88142° or 38° 52′ 53″ northLongitude
-77.03655° or 77° 2′ 12″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Inception
1943Open location code
87C4VXJ7+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 248460669OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
4139225Wikidata ID
Q326183
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Thomas Jefferson Memorial” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب جيفرسون التذكاري”
- Armenian: “Ջեֆերսոնի հուշահամալիր”
- Bashkir: “Джефферсон Мемориалы”
- Basque: “Jefferson Memorial”
- Belarusian: “Мемарыял Джэферсана”
- Belarusian: “Мемарыял Томаса Джэферсана”
- Bhojpuri: “जेफर्सन मेमोरियल”
- Chinese: “傑佛遜紀念堂”
- Chinese: “傑弗遜紀念堂”
- Chinese: “傑斐遜紀念堂”
- Chinese: “杰斐逊纪念堂”
- Czech: “Jeffersonův památník”
- Czech: “Památník Thomase Jeffersona”
- Dutch: “Jefferson Memorial”
- Dutch: “Thomas Jefferson Memorial”
- Esperanto: “Jefferson Memorial”
- Esperanto: “Monumento de Jefferson”
- Estonian: “Jeffersoni memoriaal”
- Finnish: “Jeffersonin muistomerkki”
- Finnish: “Thomas Jeffersonin muistomerkki”
- French: “Jefferson Memorial”
- Galician: “Jefferson Memorial”
- Georgian: “ჯეფერსონის მემორიალი”
- German: “Jefferson Memorial”
- German: “Jefferson-Denkmal”
- German: “Thomas Jefferson Memorial”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת ג’פרסון”
- Hindi: “जेफर्सन स्मारक”
- Hungarian: “Thomas Jefferson-emlékmű”
- Icelandic: “Thomas Jefferson-minnisvarðinn”
- Indonesian: “Jefferson Memorial”
- Italian: “Jefferson Memorial”
- Italian: “Monumento a Jefferson”
- Japanese: “ジェファーソン記念館”
- Japanese: “トーマス・ジェファーソン記念館”
- Korean: “제퍼슨 기념관”
- Korean: “토마스 제퍼슨 기념관”
- Korean: “토머스 제퍼슨 기념관”
- Latvian: “Džefersona memoriāls”
- Lithuanian: “Džefersono memorialas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jefferson Memorial”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jeffersonmonumentet”
- Norwegian: “Jeffersonmonumentet”
- Persian: “یادبود جفرسون”
- Polish: “Jefferson Memorial”
- Portuguese: “Jefferson Memorial”
- Russian: “Мемориал Джефферсона”
- Russian: “Мемориал Джефферсону”
- Spanish: “Memorial a Jefferson”
- Spanish: “Memorial a thomas jefferson”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Jefferson”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Thomas Jefferson”
- Swedish: “Jeffersonmonumentet”
- Turkish: “Thomas Jefferson Anıtı”
- Ukrainian: “Меморіал Джефферсона”
- Urdu: “جیفرسن میموریل”
- Veps: “Džeffersonan memorial”
- Waray (Philippines): “Jefferson Memorial”
- Welsh: “Cofeb Jefferson”
- Western Panjabi: “جیفرسن میموریل”
- “जेफर्सन मेमोरियल”
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Explore places such as The Wharf and Southwest Waterfront.
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