Washington Monument, District of Columbia, United States

5Amy D 5:00 PM Jan 25, 2023

Unique viewpoint
You have to pre-book tickets to go up to the top online 24 hours before, it seemed a lot of people didn't know that. It's $1 to book a ticket. There's airport style security at the bottom and then in small groups you go to the top in the lift, on the way up you can see bricks with people's names on. At the top there is fantastic views over the Potomas, Virgina and National Mall. Would definitely recommend.

5Andy Y 5:00 PM Jul 14, 2022

Great views over DC
We had tried to get tickets to go up the monument online before our trip to DC but this attraction sells out very fast online. Additional tickets are released the day before but even then you're lucky if you get one. So the only option is an early morning queue outside the ticket office to get some last minute on-the-day tickets. We got there around 8am and the queue was already formed. We were lucky to get two tickets, we weren't bothered about the time as we had all day to explore so if you want a specific time, get there early. The monument is great to look at from the outside, its amazing that they managed to build it solely from blocks with no steelwork back in those days. I don't think you appreciate the building until you get inside and get to hear from the rangers about the history of the building. when you go up the elevator to the observation deck there is more information to read about and also more importantly 4 viewing windows to see out across DC. The views are stunning and great photo opportunities, with a map above each window to show you what you're looking at. On the way down the elevator there is a nice little surprise too, I actually wish i'd been able to walk down the 800+ stairs to see the internal block work. One of the best attractions in DC.