The Ellipse
The Ellipse, sometimes referred to as President's Park South, is a 52-acre park south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “Ellipse”, “Executive Grounds”, “Parade and Presidents Park”, “President’s Park South”, “Presidential Ellipse”, “Presidents Park”, “The White Lot”, and “White Lot”
- Address: Washington, DC
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Mall and Washington Monument.
National Mall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
Washington Monument
Photo: Greyfiveys, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Washington Monument is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president.
The Oval Office
Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Oval Office is the formal working space of the president of the United States at the White House in Washington, D.C. Part of the Executive Office of the President, it is located at the southeast corner of the West Wing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown and Golden Triangle.
Downtown
Suburb
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
Golden Triangle
Neighborhood
The Golden Triangle is a neighborhood and business improvement district in Washington, D.C. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the White House's north side to Dupont Circle and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.
East End
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End 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.
The Ellipse
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.89394° or 38° 53′ 38″ northLongitude
-77.03655° or 77° 2′ 12″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87C4VXV7+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 238456698OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“The Ellipse” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ذا إيلابس”
- Arabic: “متنزه الرئيس الجنوبي”
- Basque: “The Ellipse”
- Cebuano: “The Ellipse”
- Chinese: “椭圆公园”
- Chinese: “椭圆形草坪”
- French: “L’Ellipse”
- French: “The Ellipse”
- German: “The Ellipse”
- Hebrew: “האליפסה”
- Japanese: “エリプス広場”
- Japanese: “ザ・エリプス”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Ellipse”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Ellipse”
- Norwegian: “The Ellipse”
- Portuguese: “President’s Park South”
- Portuguese: “The Ellipse”
- Romanian: “The Ellipse”
- Spanish: “La Elipse”
- Ukrainian: “Еліпс”
- Vietnamese: “elip”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The West End and Penn Quarter.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Zero Milestone and Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Ellipse”. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.