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1 Washington, DC
Baltimore
Washington, DC covers an area of 61 sq miles Baltimore
(158 sq km) and has a population of about 600,000. 396 396 185 185
As the capital of the US and the seat of federal
government, it is rich in grand monuments. It also
has a vibrant cultural life, with superb museums, Georgetown
Georgetown
most of them free, and an array of entertainments.
The city is made up of four quadrants, with the US Downtown
Downtown
Capitol at the central point. The northwest quadrant
contains most of the tourist sights, with other sights 50 50
and places of interest located round the Capitol and Arlington Potomac
Arlington
Potomac
south of the Mall, in the southwest quadrant. POTOMAC 4 4
EAST
EAST
POTOMAC
PARK PARK Anacostia
Anacostia
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Washington
Alexandria
Alexandria Washington
National
National
Richmond
Richmond Airport Airport
Tourists checking their routes at a tourist
information kiosk
Getting Around
Washington’s excellent public transportation system
P S T R E E T N W
P S T R E E T N W
is more convenient than driving a car. Traffic is heavy
O STREET NW
O STREET NW
33RD ST NW GEORGETOWN and parking spaces are limited. All the major tourist
33RD ST NW
GEORGETOWN
attractions in the city are accessible on foot, or by
NW
STREET
NW
N STREET
N
Metrorail, Metrobus, the Circulator bus, or taxi.
31ST ST NW
31ST ST NW House House PENNSYL VANIA AVENUE NW
M S T R E E T N W 30TH ST NW 29TH STREET NW 30TH ST NW 29TH STREET NW
M S T R E E T N W Old StoneOld Stone
PENNSYL VANIA AVENUE NW
FOGGY K K S T R E E T FARRAGUT N W N W McPHERSON FRANKLIN
FOGGY
WHITEHUR ST FREE WAY NW
WHITEHUR ST FREE WAY NW
S T R E E T
NW
FARRAGUT
McPHERSON FRANKLIN
NEW YORK AVENUE NW
Washington BOTTOM
SQUARE
SQUARE
2 2ND STREET N W
2 2ND STREET N W
SQUARE SQUARE
Washington BOTTOM P E N N S Y L V A NW NW NW SQUARE SQUARE I ( E Y E ) S T R E E T NW
NW
I ( E Y E ) S T R E E T
Farragut
Harbor Foggy Bottom Farragut West M A S S A C H U S E T T S
Harbor
Foggy Bottom I (EYE) STREET NW
West
CHINATOWN
CHINATOWN
GWU GWU I (EYE) STREET NW N I A A V E N McPherson NEW YORK AVENUE NW
McPherson
21ST S T
21ST S T
23RD ST NW 23RD ST NW G S T R E E T N W 19TH STREET NW U E AVE NW Building G S T N W NW ST Ford's Chinatown Museum STREET NW A V E N U E NW N W
LAFAYETTE
H S T R E E T N W
Gallery Place
H S T R E E T N W
H S T R E E T N W LAFAYETTE Squar Squaree H S T R E E T N W 7TH STREET NW Gallery Place NW
SQUARE
SQUARE
19TH STREET NW
Chinatown
NW
7TH STREET NW M A S S A C H U S E T T S A V E N U E
PENNSYLVANIA Treasury
18TH STREET N W N W
Treasury
P E N N S Y L V A N I A A V E N U E N W PENNSYLVANIA
G e o r g e t o w n
G e o r g e t o w n
N W
AVE NW
National Building
STREET
National Building
G S T R E E T N W
Building G S T N W
Museum
NW
ST
Ford's
F S T R E E T NW
F S T R E E T NW
Metr
Metroo
10TH Theatre
C h
C h
Station
Station
S T R E E T DOWNTOWN
a
a
E S T R E E T
E
N W
E S T R E E T N W 18TH STREET N W Octag Octagonon NW NW Center Center N W 10TH Theatre DOWNTOWN 3RD 3RD STREET STREET NW NW Union Union
E S T R E E T N W
n
n
Judiciary
RAWLING PARKARK
RAWLING P FBI FBI Judiciary 2ND STREET 2ND STREET N W N W NE NE
Squaree
Squar
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23RD STREET N W C STREET NW of the Interior ELLIPSE ROAD NW 14T H 14T H Federal US National Memorial C STREET NW L O U I S I A N A A 1ST C C S T R E E T NE NE STREET STREET STREET STANTON
23RD STREET N W
STREE T
Building
Ronald
Ronald
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e
V I R G I N I A A V E N U E
State
STREET
D S T R E E T N W
D S T R E E T N W
l
Reagan
Reagan
l ROCK CREEK AND ROCK CREEK AND Depar Departmenttment Department THE THE 15TH STREET NW 15TH STREET NW STREE T Building Old Post Office Building Archives D D V E V E STREET STREET N W STREET N W NE NE

P E N N S
L O U I S I A N A A
Archives
Building
Department
1ST
Navy
Navy
Post Office
State
STREET STANTON
ELLIPSE
ELLIPSE
S T R E E T
C STREET NW
Federal
SQUARE
SQUARE
Old Y L V A N I A
P E N N S Y L V A N I A
of the Interior
Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge National of Sciences C O N S T I T U T I O N A V E N U E N W Archives A V E N U E N W C O N S T I T U T I O N A V E N U E N W 1ST 1ST CONSTITUTION AVE NE NE
Triangle US National
Triangle
ELLIPSE ROAD NW
C STREET NW N W
V I R G I N I A A V E N U E N W
National AcademyAcademy
Archives
of Sciences
C O N S T I T U T I O N A V E N U E N W
C O N S T I T U T I O N A V E N U E N W
CONSTITUTION AVE NE
A V E N U E N W
CAPITOL
CAPITOL
West
West
East
East
Building
HILL
HILL
Building Building
Building
3RD
N W
M A D I S O N D R I V E
14TH STREET SW
CONSTITUTION THE MALL
Reflecting
Smithsonian THE MALL
CONSTITUTION THE MALL M A D I S O N Smithsonian D R I V E N W THE MALL Pool Reflecting EAST CAPITOL STREET 3RD 4TH 4TH 5TH STREET STREET
EAST CAPITOL STREET
Pool
POTOMAC PARKWAY NW
POTOMAC PARKWAY NW
Re flecting Pool 15TH STREET SW 15TH STREET SW Castle CastleHirshhor JEFFERSON DRIVE S W US Botanic Shakespear 5TH STREET 6T H 6T H
Re flecting Pool
Hirshhornn
US Botanic
Folger
Folger
Museum
Museum
GARDENS
JEFFERSON DRIVE S W
GARDENS
Garden
Garden
Shakespearee
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Arlington Memorial Bridge Korean 14TH STREET SW Smithsonian I N I N D E P E N D E N C E A V E N U E W S W National Museum INDEPENDENCE Librar Libraryy AVENUE S E
SE
SE
National Museum
Korean WarWar
of the American
of the American
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial
INDEPENDENCE AVENUE S E
INDEPENDENCE AVENUE SW
Indian
Indian
Smithsonian D E P E N D E N C E A V E N U E
S
Key INDEPENDENCE AVENUE SW STREET STREET SEWARD
4TH ST SW
SEWARD
Kutz Memorial
SQUARE
SQUARE
Bureau of
Bridge SW
Bridge SW
S
Sight/Place of interest P P WEST WEST Kutz Memorial Bureau of C C STREET STREET W WASHINGTON AVE SW C S T R E E T S E PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE
C S T R E E T S E
SW
POTOMAC Engra Engraving andving and Capitol South
POTOMAC
Capitol South
PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE
Federal
Printing
o o Printing 9TH ST SW 9TH ST SW Federal 4TH ST SW
PARK
Pedestrian street t t OHIO DRIVE SW PARK T i d a l D STREET SW 12TH STREET SW 12TH STREET SW 10TH STREET SW 10TH STREET SW L’Enfant 6TH ST SW 6TH ST SW Center Center 2ND ST SW 2ND ST SW D S T R E E T
L’Enfant
T i d a l
D S T R E E T S E
D STREET SW
o o Plaza Plaza 1ST 1ST FOLGER FOLGER
WASHINGTON AVE SW
B a s i n
B a s i n VIRGINIA AV SW SQUARE SQUARE
VIRGINIA AV SW
m m EAST BASIN DRIVE SW SW
NEW JERSEY AVE SE
W A TERFRONT
NEW JERSEY AVE SE
E S T R E E T S W
OHIO DRIVE SW
a a EAST BASIN DRIVE SW W A TERFRONT E S T R E E T S W
c c WATER ST SW
WEST BASIN DRIVE SW
WATER ST SW

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