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Washington Monument (Boonsboro, Maryland)

United States

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Washington Monument State Park is a Maryland state park located approximately one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Boonsboro, Maryland. The park preserves the Washington Monument, a 40-foot-tall (12 m) tower honoring George Washington, the first President of the United States. The monument sits along the Appalachian Trail near the summit of South Mountain's Monument Knob. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The park is managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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