National Mall
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Gallery of Art and National Museum of Natural History.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW.
National Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Downtown.
East End
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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Downtown
Suburb
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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.
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.
National Mall
- Type: Park
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.88987° or 38° 53′ 24″ northLongitude
-77.02278° or 77° 1′ 22″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87C4VXQG+WVGeoNames ID
9675441
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“National Mall” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ناشونال مول”
- Bashkir: “Милли Молл”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальная алея”
- Chinese: “国家广场”
- Greek: “Νάσιοναλ Μολ”
- Hebrew: “המול”
- Japanese: “ナショナル・モール”
- Kazakh: “Ұлттық Алаң”
- Korean: “내셔널 몰”
- Latvian: “Nacionālā aleja”
- Lithuanian: “Nacionalinė alėja”
- Persian: “نشنال مال”
- Russian: “Национальная аллея”
- Ukrainian: “Національна алея”
- Urdu: “نیشنل مال”
- Western Panjabi: “نیشنل مال”
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Notable Places Nearby
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