Mount Vernon Square

Mount Vernon Square is a city square and neighborhood in the quadrant of The square is located where the following streets would otherwise intersect: Massachusetts Avenue NW, New York Avenue NW, K Street NW, and 8th Street NW.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: park and plaza in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Mount Vernon Square Historic District” and “Mount Vernon Square, Washington, D.C.”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Mall and Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

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

Convention center
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The is a 2.3-million-square-foot convention center located in , owned and operated by the city's convention arm, Events DC.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Located in the section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the rapid transit station of the Washington Metro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and East End.

Neighborhood
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's is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

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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.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Mount Vernon Square

Latitude
38.90483° or 38° 54′ 17″ north
Longitude
-77.02275° or 77° 1′ 22″ west
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
87C4WX3G+WV
Geo­Names ID
4139683
Wiki­data ID
Q2509617
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Mount Vernon Square” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mount Vernon Square”
  • Chinese: “弗农山广场”
  • Chinese: “弗農山廣場”
  • Dutch: “Mount Vernon Square”
  • Japanese: “マウントバーノン広場”
  • Korean: “마운트 버논 스퀘어”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Vernon Square”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Mount Vernon”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنٹ ورنن سکوئیر، واشنگٹن ڈی سی”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Thomas Circle and Mount Vernon Triangle.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Vernon Square/7th Street-Convention Center Metro Station and American Federation of Labor Building.

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