| For relaxation, just a few blocks away is Dumbarton Oaks, a wonderful formal garden/park and museum complex where the United Nations Charter was signed. Also, Montrose Park offers a quiet respite from the sounds of the city. From the Washington National Cathedral with its exquisite gothic architecture, hidden chapels and English gardens, you can walk the length of Embassy Row, past the Vice President*s house, continuing past turn-of-the-century embassies to Dupont Circle. Arlington Cemetery.....2 miles W National Zoo.....1 mile NE Smithsonian.....2 miles E White House.....2 miles E Dupont Circle.....2 miles E Embassy Row.....1 Block Georgetown.....1 Block Georgetown University.....8 Blocks S Pentagon.....2 miles W MCI Center.....3 miles E Vietnam Veterans Memorial.....1 mile SE Lincoln Memorial.....1 mile SE Jefferson Memorial.....2 miles SE Washington Monument.....2 miles SE Baltimore.....60 miles N National Gallery of Art.....2 miles SE Holocaust Museum.....2 miles SE U. S. Capitol.....3 miles SE Union Station.....3 miles SE Richmond.....75 miles S Kennedy Center.....2 miles S Air and Space Museum.....3 miles SE Convention Center.....3 miles E Boating.....1 mile S Playground.....1 Block S Golf.....2 1/2 miles S |
