Arlington National CemeteryArlington National Cemetery · photo: Protoant, Public domain

Self-guided walking tour of Washington, D.C.

233 sights · United States · capital

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Washington, D.C., with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

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The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

3-hour walk past the highlights of Washington, D.C.

6 stops · 6.7 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

  1. Photo: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0
    🚶 13 min walkNational Museum of American History
  2. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 6 min walkNational Museum of Natural History
  3. Photo: Raul654 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 6 min walkNational Mall
  4. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
    🚶 15 min walkUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  5. Photo: Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_s…, Public domain
    🚶 27 min walkLincoln Memorial
  6. Photo: David J. Jackson, CC BY-SA 4.0
    🚶 5 min walkVietnam Veterans Memorial
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More well-known sights in Washington, D.C.

  1. Arlington National Cemetery
  2. National Museum of Women in the Arts
  3. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  4. Ford's Theatre
  5. National Museum of the American Indian
  6. Smithsonian American Art Museum
  7. National Zoological Park
  8. Marine Corps War Memorial
  9. Number One Observatory Circle
  10. National Portrait Gallery
  11. National Museum of African Art
  12. Dumbarton Oaks
  13. Freer Gallery of Art
  14. Victims of Communism Memorial
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