Washington, D.C.

United States

Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly shortened to Washington, or DC, is the capital city of the United States, and its only federal district.

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Country: United States
Population: 4,338,000
Latitude: 38.9° N
Longitude: 77.01° O

Which way is Washington, D.C. from…

From Paris, Washington, D.C. lies at 292° to the west, 6,163 km as the crow flies.

Paris	292° west	6,163 km
London	288° west	5,896 km
New York	233° south-west	326 km
Madrid	294° north-west	6,086 km
Rome	301° north-west	7,215 km
Montreal	202° south	787 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	305° north-west	15,080 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Lisbon and Washington share the same latitude, yet from Europe you must aim further north than you might think. From London, a flat map says 257°, west; the compass says 288°, west too but much further north, 5,896 km away, because the shortest route crosses Ireland and Newfoundland. A landmark: Lima is due south of Washington, on the same meridian.