Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
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.
- Where
- Chantilly, Virginia, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 38.9114, -77.4441
Get the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. 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 Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Washington National Cathedral 32 km
An Episcopal cathedral modelled on the English Gothic of the late 14th century, begun in 1907 and only completed in 1990. It is the second largest church building in the United States, and a carved Darth Vader hides among the grotesques of its northwest tower.
Arlington National Cemetery 33 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 34 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.
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial 34 km
A bronze statue of Gandhi in mid-stride, on a small triangle of land along Massachusetts Avenue in front of the Embassy of India. A gift from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, it was dedicated in 2000 during a state visit by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial 35 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.
World War II Memorial 35 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.
White House 35 km
The home and office of every American president since John Adams moved in in 1800, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Its white-painted walls and columned porticoes face Lafayette Square to the north and the Ellipse to the south.
Jefferson Memorial 35 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.
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Questions
Where is Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center?
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is in Chantilly, Virginia, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Washington National Cathedral (32 km), Arlington National Cemetery (33 km), Lincoln Memorial (34 km).
How do I get the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 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 Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 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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