page_title: National Mall
section_title: Other attractions nearby
hierarchical_section_title: National Mall / Other attractions nearby
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view (looking west) of Capitol Hill and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The gov't buildings in the foregrounds: The white-domed building at the center is the US Capitol. In front of the Capitol: (right) with a pale-beige roof and a portico is the Supreme Court; (left) with a blue-gray dome and roof is the Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Bldg. (Bottom-middle of photo) In front to the Jefferson Bldg are two more Library buildings: (left) the large pale-blue one is the Adams Bldg., and (right) the small gray one is the Shakespeare Library. (Lower left of photo) The massive gray block is the Library's Madison Bldg. Behind the Madison Bldg and to the left of the Capitol are the three House Office Buildings. (Right of photo) To the right of the Capitol and Supreme Court, the pair of rectangular buildings with pale-blue roofs and inner courtyards are the Senate Office Buildings. Together with the House offices, they are the congressional office buildings. See also this simplified map
context_page_description: The National Mall is a landscaped park within the National Mall and Memorial Parks, an official unit of the United States National Park System. It is located near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, and is administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior.
  The term National Mall commonly includes areas that are also officially part of neighboring West Potomac Park to the south and west and Constitution Gardens to the west. The term is often taken to refer to the entire area between the Lincoln Memorial on the west and east to the United States Capitol grounds, with the Washington Monument dividing the area slightly west of its midpoint. A smaller designation sometimes referred to as the National Mall excludes both the Capitol grounds and the Washington Monument grounds, applying only to an area between them.
  The National Mall contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues. The park receives approximately 24 million visitors each year.
context_section_description: Other attractions within walking distance of the National Mall (proper) include:
  Attractions east of the Capitol:
  Library of Congress
  United States Supreme Court Building
  Folger Shakespeare Library
  Attractions northeast of the National Mall (proper):
  National Postal Museum
  Union Station
  Attractions north of the National Mall (proper):
  National Archives
  The Freedom Forum's Newseum
  Old Post Office Building and Clock Tower
  Inlay of L'Enfant's plan for the federal capital city in Freedom Plaza
  National Theatre
  Ford's Theatre
  Attractions northwest of the National Mall (proper):
  White House (on a line directly north of the Washington Monument)
  The Ellipse
  Albert Einstein Memorial
  Attractions south of the National Mall (proper):
  American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
  Museum of the Bible
  Overlook in Benjamin Banneker Park
  Attractions southwest of the National Mall (proper):
  Tidal Basin
  Jefferson Memorial
  Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
  Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
  George Mason Memorial
  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  Bureau of Engraving and Printing
caption: 2007 aerial view of Capitol Hill and the National Mall, facing west
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