DC visit for 1 day question....

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Hi,
My family will be in DC for 1 day. We have dinner reservations at 6:30p that night so we have until we get out of hotel in the morning(9a-ish)  till about 5p to go to the zoo then walk around the mall ( no museums, just see monuments ). Is this doable or too much for one day? Also we will take the metro to travel between.

thanks!

[frlcb]

It is totally doable, especially if you aren't doing the monuments. You may not see every animal at the zoo but you will see a lot.

[osumelissa]

That is very doable. The museums around the Mall are free, so if you need a bathroom or just want to take a break from the heat, you can pop in a museum, see a few things, and leave. The Natural history museum has the Hope Diamond and dinosaur bones; American History has a great First Ladies exhibit, and the Air and Space museum is just fun in my opinion.

[Wanderista]

I agree that you can do this if you start early enough.

[thebulldog]

Fyi you can take the metro to the mall but as pp said the Smithsonian stop is the main stop. You can not really metro in between the monuments.

From the zoo metro stop you will take red line to metro center, go downstairs and take a blue or orange line train to Smithsonian.

Where are you going to dinner?

i be typing from me phone. typos and grammer dont count.