Franklin Park
Franklin Square, or Franklin Park, is a square in downtown Washington, D.C. Purportedly named after Benjamin Franklin, it is bounded by K Street NW to the north, 13th Street NW on the east, I Street NW on the south, and 14th Street NW on the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: square in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Franklin Square”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Mall and National Museum of Women in the Arts.
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.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Museum
Photo: Polynova, Public domain.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown and East End.
Downtown
Suburb
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
East End
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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Logan Circle
Neighborhood
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Logan Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.
Franklin Park
- Category: garden square
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Franklin Park” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Franklin Square”
- Aragonese: “Franklin Square”
- Arpitan: “Franklin Square”
- Asturian: “Franklin Square”
- Basque: “Franklin Square”
- Bavarian: “Franklin Square”
- Breton: “Franklin Square”
- Catalan: “Franklin Square”
- Cebuano: “Franklin Park (parke sa Estados Unidos, District of Columbia)”
- Cebuano: “Franklin Park”
- Chinese: “富兰克林广场”
- Corsican: “Franklin Square”
- Croatian: “Franklin Square”
- Czech: “Franklin Square”
- Danish: “Franklin Square”
- Dutch: “Franklin Square”
- Esperanto: “Franklin Square”
- Estonian: “Franklin Square”
- Finnish: “Franklin Square”
- French: “Franklin Square”
- Friulian: “Franklin Square”
- Galician: “Franklin Square”
- German: “Franklin Square”
- German: “Franklin-Platz”
- Hebrew: “כיכר פרנקלין”
- Hungarian: “Franklin Square”
- Icelandic: “Franklin Square”
- Ido: “Franklin Square”
- Indonesian: “Franklin Square”
- Interlingua: “Franklin Square”
- Interlingue: “Franklin Square”
- Irish: “Franklin Square”
- Italian: “Franklin Square”
- Kongo: “Franklin Square”
- Ligurian: “Franklin Square”
- Limburgan: “Franklin Square”
- Low German: “Franklin Square”
- Luxembourgish: “Franklin Square”
- Malagasy: “Franklin Square”
- Malay: “Franklin Square”
- Minangkabau: “Franklin Square”
- Narom: “Franklin Square”
- Neapolitan: “Franklin Square”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Franklin Square”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Franklin Square”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Franklin Square”
- Picard: “Franklin Square”
- Piemontese: “Franklin Square”
- Polish: “Franklin Square”
- Portuguese: “Franklin Square”
- Romanian: “Franklin Square”
- Romansh: “Franklin Square”
- Sardinian: “Franklin Square”
- Scots: “Franklin Square”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Franklin Square”
- Serbian: “Franklin Square”
- Sicilian: “Franklin Square”
- Slovak: “Franklin Square”
- Slovenian: “Franklin Square”
- Spanish: “Franklin Square”
- Spanish: “Plaza Franklin”
- Swahili: “Franklin Square”
- Swedish: “Franklin Square”
- Swiss German: “Franklin Square”
- Urdu: “فرینکلن سکوئیر (واشنگٹن ڈی سی)”
- Urdu: “فرینکلن سکوئیر”
- Venetian: “Franklin Square”
- Vietnamese: “Franklin Square”
- Vlaams: “Franklin Square”
- Volapük: “Franklin Square”
- Walloon: “Franklin Square”
- Welsh: “Franklin Square”
- Wolof: “Franklin Square”
- Zulu: “Franklin Square”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Franklin Park”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Franklin McPherson Square and Thomas Circle.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Commodore John Barry Statue and Tower Building.
Washington, D.C.: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into West End, East End, Georgetown, and Shaw.
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