Folger Park

Folger Park is a public park named after former Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Folger. It is located at 2nd Street and D Street, Southeast, Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

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Type: Park
Description: public park in Washington, D.C., USA
Also known as: “Folger Square” and “Providence Square”
Address: Washington, DC 20003

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

National Mall

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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

United States Capitol

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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.

Providence Park

Park

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Providence Park, known locally as X Park, is a 2.4-acre urban park in the residential Capitol Hill neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. It is bound by 2nd, 3rd, D and E streets SE.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Waterfront.

Capitol Hill

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Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.

Waterfront

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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.

Hill East

Neighborhood

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Hill East is a residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. located in the Southeast quadrant of the city. It is bounded by the Kingman Park neighborhood at East Capitol Street SE to the north, by the Anacostia River to the east and south, and by Capitol Hill at 15th Street to the west.

Folger Park

Category: recreation area
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.88467° or 38° 53′ 5″ north

Longitude

-77.00279° or 77° 0′ 10″ west

Elevation

69 feet (21 metres)

Operator

National Park Service

Open location code

87C4VXMW+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 41965294

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4138669

Wikidata ID

Q5464349

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Folger Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Folger Park”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Barracks Row and Capitol Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Balance Gym and American Legion Kenneth H. Nash Post 8.

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