Union Square
Union Square is an 11-acre public plaza at the foot of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., United States. It encompasses the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial and the 6-acre Capitol Reflecting Pool and is just west of the United States Capitol building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: park at the western front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “The Mall, Union Square”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.
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.
United States Capitol
Photo: Ottojula, Public domain.
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and East End.
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.
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.
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.
Union Square
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88978° or 38° 53′ 23″ northLongitude
-77.01381° or 77° 0′ 50″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87C4VXQP+WFOpenStreetMap ID
way 41965225OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Hebrew—“Union Square” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Union Square (parke sa Estados Unidos, District of Columbia)”
- Cebuano: “Union Square”
- Chinese: “联合广场”
- French: “Union Square”
- Hebrew: “כיכר יוניון”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Capitol Hill and Penn Quarter.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capitol Reflecting Pool and Ulysses S Grant Memorial.
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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 “Union Square”. Photo: Peterfitzgerald, CC BY-SA 3.0.