Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens

Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens is a National Park Service site located in the north eastern corner of Washington, D.C., near the Maryland state border.

Photo: Jennifer Boyer, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Park
Description: park in Washington, D.C., United States
Also known as: “Aquatic Gardens”, “Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens”, “Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens”, “Shaw Lily Ponds”, “Shaws Lily Ponds”, and “Water Gardens”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge and New York Avenue Bridge.

Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

The Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge is a railway bridge that crosses the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. It carries Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and MARC's Penn Line passenger rail traffic.

New York Avenue Bridge

Bridge

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The New York Avenue Bridge is a bridge carrying U.S. Route 50 and New York Avenue NE over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was completed in 1954 as part of the Baltimore–Washington Parkway project.

Deanwood Neighborhood Library

Library

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The Deanwood Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Deanwood neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 1350 49th Street NE, within a community center that opened in July 2010 at a cost of $32 million and also includes a swimming pool, a gym, and facilities for child care and seniors.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenilworth and Mayfair.

Kenilworth

Suburb

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Kenilworth is a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., located on the eastern bank of the Anacostia River and just inside the D.C.–Maryland border.

Mayfair

Neighborhood

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Mayfair or Parkside-Mayfair is a residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., United States, on the eastern bank of the Anacostia River. It is bounded by Jay Street NE, Foote Street NE, Kenilworth Terrace NE, Anacostia Avenue NE, and Kenilworth Avenue NE.

Deanwood

Neighborhood

Photo: Smallbones, CC0.

Deanwood is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., bounded by Eastern Avenue to the northeast, Kenilworth Avenue to the northwest, Division Avenue to the southeast, and Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue to the south.

Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens

Categories: National Park System unit and water garden
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.91261° or 38° 54′ 45″ north

Longitude

-76.94164° or 76° 56′ 30″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87C5W375+28

GeoNames ID

4139297

Wikidata ID

Q6389295

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens”
Chinese: “凱尼爾沃思公園暨水上花園”
French: “Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens”
Urdu: “کینیلورتھ پارک اور آبی باغات”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Eastland Gardens and Mayfair-Parkside.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kenilworth-Parkside Recreation Center and Anacostia Park.

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