Local Attractions

Washington DC Monuments

Washington DC area caters to all age groups and interests!!

For exploring and planning: visit http://washington.org/: The official tourism website of Washington DC.

Many things to do around the DSCC 2011 conference site*:

If ARTS and CULTURE is your thing, then consider-

  • National Museum of Natural History 10.5 km/6.5 miles
  • Arlington National Cemetery 6.4 km/4.0 miles
  • National Portrait Gallery 6.4 km/4.0 miles
  • Jefferson Memorial 9.0 km/5.6 miles
  • International Spy Museum 10.5 km/6.5 miles
  • Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of The National Air and Space Museum 32.2 km/20.0 miles
  • Newseum 10.8 km/6.7 miles
  • National Gallery of Art 9.6 km/6.0 miles
  • Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum 6.4 km/4.0 miles
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 9.5 km/5.9 miles
  • US Air Force Memorial 5.5 km/3.4 miles
  • Lincoln Memorial 8.8 km/5.5 miles
  • The Smithsonian Museums 6.4 km/4.0 miles
RECREATION
  • Smithsonian National Zoological Park 8.0 km/5.0 miles
  • National Aquarium at Baltimore 86.4 km/53.7 miles
  • National Zoo 8.0 km/5.0 miles
NEARBY DESTINATIONS
  • Georgetown 6.6 km/4.1 miles
  • Baltimore Inner Harbor 85.9 km/53.3 miles
  • Alexandria, VA 7.7 km/4.8 miles
  • Arlington, VA 0.0 km/0.0 miles
  • Chinatown 11.3 km/7.0 miles
  • Downtown Washington, D.C. 9.6 km/6.0 miles

*Source: Conference Hotel Website http://bit.ly/gzvh2q; All distances are from the hotel