Southeast
Southeast is the southeastern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of East Capitol Street and east of South Capitol Street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: southeastern quadrant of Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “S.E.”, “SE”, “Southeast Quadrant”, “Southeast Washington”, “Southeast Washington, D.C.”, “Southeast Washington, DC”, and “Southeast, Washington, D.C.”
- Neighbors: Prince George’s County
Places of Interest
Highlights include Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium and Nationals Park.
Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Stadium
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium and originally known as District of Columbia Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. It was located along the Anacostia River on East Capitol Street in the city's Hill East neighborhood.
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.
National Museum of the United States Navy
Museum
Photo: National Museum of the U.S. Navy, Public domain.
The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anacostia and Capitol Hill.
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.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Waterfront
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.
Southeast
- Category: quadrant of Washington, D.C.
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Southeast” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Southeast”
- Chinese: “东南区”
- Esperanto: “Sudorienta Kvarono”
- French: “Southeast”
- German: “Southeast”
- Hebrew: “סאות’איסט”
- Japanese: “SE”
- Japanese: “サウスイースト”
- Japanese: “ワシントンD.C.南東地区”
- Japanese: “南東地区 (ワシントンD.C.)”
- Portuguese: “Sudeste de Washington, D.C.”
- Slovenian: “Southeast”
- Spanish: “Southeast”
- Urdu: “ساوتھ ایسٹ (واشنگٹن، ڈی سی)”
- Urdu: “ساوتھ ایسٹ”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Woodland and Fairlawn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Avalon Playground and Douglass Recreation Center.
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