Washington Monument is in United States, in Washington, D.C.. This sheet answers with open data: what the place is, where it sits at GPS precision, when it dates from (1848) and which notable attractions lie a few kilometers away.
Data sheet
What it is
Monument
Country
United States
City or region
Washington, D.C.
Origin (P571)
1848
Coordinates
38.8895 N, 77.0352 W
UNESCO World Heritage
No recorded designation
Visitors per year (P1174)
1,541,600
Notability (sitelinks)
70
The 5 closest notable attractions
Attraction
Country
Distance (km)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States
0.4
National Museum of American History
United States
0.5
Freer Gallery of Art
United States
0.7
Smithsonian Institution
United States
0.8
National Museum of Natural History
United States
0.8
The closest neighbor is United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 0.4 km away in a straight line. The table above answers the question every itinerary starts with: what else is nearby?
The name in 3 languages
Português
Monumento a Washington
English
Washington Monument
Español
Monumento a Washington
Source and method
Source
Wikidata (CC0), snapshot of 2026-07-09
Distances
Haversine over 38.8895 N, 77.0352 W and the 2,000 attractions in the snapshot
Notability
Washington Monument: 70 sitelinks; closest neighbor United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at 0.4 km