Poplar Point

Poplar Point is a cape in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Poplar Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Buzzard Point, as well as near the locality Capitol Riverfront.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nationals Park and Audi Field.

Nationals Park

Stadium

Photo: Something Original, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nationals Park is a baseball stadium along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals.

Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium in the Buzzard Point neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the home of D.C. United, DC Power FC, and Washington Spirit soccer teams, and the DC Defenders football team.

Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Lorax, CC BY 4.0.

The Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is a multiple through arch bridge that carries South Capitol Street over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. It was completed in 2021 and replaced an older swing bridge that was completed in 1950 as the South Capitol Street Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterfront and Anacostia.

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.

Anacostia

Photo: Ron Coggswell, CC BY 2.0.

Anacostia is the popular name for the huge swathe of the capital consisting of the many neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. Its heart, in the small, historic neighborhood of Anacostia, is immediately across the Frederick Douglass Bridge from the Nationals Ballpark.

Fairlawn

Neighborhood

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Fairlawn is a working class and middle class residential neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C., United States. It is bounded by Interstate 295, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Minnesota Avenue SE, Naylor Road SE, and Good Hope Road SE.

Poplar Point

Type: Cape
Also known as: “Geesboro Point”
Category: landform
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.86983° or 38° 52′ 11″ north

Longitude

-77.00164° or 77° 0′ 6″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87C4VX9X+W8

GeoNames ID

4140049

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