Buzzard Point
Buzzard Point, sometimes known as Greenleaf Point, is a peninsula and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Southwest D.C., at the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Audi Field and Nationals Park.
Audi Field
Stadium
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Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium in the Buzzard Point neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the home of D.C. United, DC Power FC, and Washington Spirit soccer teams, and the DC Defenders football team.
Nationals Park
Stadium
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Nationals Park is a baseball stadium along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals.
National Defense University
University
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The National Defense University is an institution of higher education in Fort Lesley McNair, Washington, D.C., United States. It is funded by the United States Department of Defense aimed at facilitating high-level education, training, and professional development of national security leaders.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waterfront and Southwest.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
Southwest
Quarter
Southwest is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the National Mall and west of South Capitol Street.
Anacostia
Photo: Ron Coggswell, CC BY 2.0.
Anacostia is the popular name for the huge swathe of the capital consisting of the many neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. Its heart, in the small, historic neighborhood of Anacostia, is immediately across the Frederick Douglass Bridge from the Nationals Ballpark.
Buzzard Point
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C., United States
- Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.86877° or 38° 52′ 8″ northLongitude
-77.01104° or 77° 0′ 40″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
87C4VX9Q+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 8455863634OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Buzzard Point” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “禿鷲點”
- Chinese: “秃鹫点”
- Chinese: “鷲角”
- French: “Buzzard Point”
- Spanish: “Buzzard Point”
- Urdu: “بزارڈ پوائنٹ”
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