Vistas from the viewing platform of the Washington Monument
360 degree cityscape views across Washington, D.C from the Washington Monument viewing windows
A brief history;
- The Washington Monument stands at a colossal height of just over 555 feet & can be seen throughout the city and much further afield.
- The Washington Monument's main attraction is the opportunity to take an elevator up to a level of 500 feet to it's viewing windows/platform which gives tourists unparalleled 360-degree views of the nation's capital and beyond.
Photographs include include panoramic views of the;
Western side of the National Mall & Memorial Parks including Constitution Gardens
- Lincoln Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
- National World War Two Memorial
Southern side of the National Mall & Memorial Parks in West Potomac Park including the Tidal Basin
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
The Mall including the Smithsonian museums & galleries & United States Capitol Building
- Smithsonian Castle
- Arts & Industries Building
- Hirshhorn Museum
- National Air & Space Museum
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of Natural History
- National Gallery of Art
- National Gallery of Art, East Building
The White House & Foggy Bottom including;
- The White House
- Eisenhower Old Executive Office Building
- Treasury Building
President's Park & Ellipse
- First Division Monument (Victory Statue)
- Second Division Monument
- Sherman Monument
Museums, galleries & buildings around the White House
- Corcoran Gallery of Art
- DAR (Daughters of the American Revoution) Building
- OAS (Organization of the American States) Building
Foggy Bottom Buildings & Constitution Avenue
- Federal Reserve Building
- National Academy of Sciences
- Department of the Interior
- State Department
- Kennedy Center
- Watergate Complex
Penn Quarter
- Old Post Office
- Ronal Reagan Building
- Interstate Commerce Commission
- Justice Department
- Willard Hotel
Capitol Hill
- United States Capitol Building & Reflecting Pool
- U.S Supreme Court
- Jefferson Building (Library of Congress)
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