Monticello
Thomas Jefferson's hilltop home outside Charlottesville, a house he designed himself and kept reworking for decades. The plantation around it was worked by enslaved people, whose lives the estate now presents alongside his, and the house appears on the American nickel.
- Where
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 38.0103, -78.4523
Get the Monticello stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Monticello. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Virginia volume with your photos and a note.
Near Monticello
Shenandoah National Park 59 km
A long, narrow national park along the Blue Ridge Mountains, with the Shenandoah Valley on one side and the Virginia Piedmont on the other. Skyline Drive follows the ridgeline for its whole length, and Hawksbill Mountain, its highest point, reaches 1,235 metres.
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 133 km
The National Air and Space Museum's huge hangar beside Dulles Airport, built for the aircraft and spacecraft too big for the museum on the Mall. Under one roof are the Space Shuttle Discovery, an SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde and the Boeing 367-80.
Mount Vernon 142 km
George and Martha Washington's estate on the banks of the Potomac, about 25 kilometres south of Washington, D.C. The columned mansion looks out over the river, and the grounds hold the Washingtons' tomb and the quarters of the people enslaved there.
Arlington National Cemetery 154 km
The largest of the national cemeteries, where more than 400,000 people lie across 259 hectares of hillside above the Potomac. Rows of white headstones lead to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, with its changing of the guard, and to the grave of John F. Kennedy.
Lincoln Memorial 156 km
A neoclassical temple at the western end of the National Mall, built to honour Abraham Lincoln and dedicated in 1922. Inside sits Daniel Chester French's great marble statue of him, looking east down the Reflecting Pool towards the Washington Monument.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial 157 km
A national memorial in West Potomac Park built around the Stone of Hope, a granite figure of the civil rights leader carved by the sculptor Lei Yixin. Its design comes from a line in the I Have a Dream speech: out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope. It opened in 2011.
Jefferson Memorial 157 km
A domed, columned rotunda on the Tidal Basin honouring Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Built between 1939 and 1943, it frames a bronze statue of him with quotations from his writings, and is ringed by cherry blossom in spring.
World War II Memorial 157 km
A national memorial on the Mall to the Americans who served in the Second World War, in the armed forces and at home. Granite pillars for each state and territory ring an oval plaza and fountain between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
Questions
Where is Monticello?
Monticello is in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Shenandoah National Park (59 km), Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (133 km), Mount Vernon (142 km).
How do I get the Monticello stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Monticello and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Virginia volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Monticello before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Virginia volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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