Georgetown Waterfront Park

Georgetown Waterfront Park is a national park completed in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2011. Part of the Georgetown Historic District, the park stretches along the banks of the Potomac River from 31st Street, NW to the Key Bridge.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Georgetown University and Lincoln Memorial.

Georgetown University

University

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Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C, and the nation's first federally chartered university.

Lincoln Memorial

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The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the National Mall of Washington, D.C. The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple.

John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Theater building

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, commonly known as the Kennedy Center, is the national cultural center of the United States, serving as a "living memorial" to John F.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Georgetown and Rosslyn.

Georgetown

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Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle. It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.

Rosslyn

Suburb

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Rosslyn is a heavily urbanized neighborhood in northeastern Arlington County, Virginia, United States. It is in Northern Virginia, north of Arlington National Cemetery and directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown and Foggy Bottom in Washington, D.C. Rosslyn encompasses the Arlington neighborhoods of North Rosslyn and Radnor/Ft.

Foggy Bottom

Suburb

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Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant. It stretches west of the White House towards the Potomac River, north of the National Mall, east of Georgetown, south of the West End neighborhood and west of Downtown.

Georgetown Waterfront Park

Type: Park
Description: park in Washington, United States
Categories: recreation area and grass
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.90275° or 38° 54′ 10″ north

Longitude

-77.06513° or 77° 3′ 55″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

87C4WW3M+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 55292813

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=grass

GeoNames ID

4138898

Wikidata ID

Q5547067

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Georgetown Waterfront Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Georgetown Waterfront Park”
German: “Georgetown Waterfront Park”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as West End and The West End.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Embassy of Thailand and Gold’s Gym.

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