Van Ness Elementary School

Van Ness Elementary School is a school building in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on 5th Street Southeast. Van Ness Elementary School is situated nearby to National Museum of the United States Navy, as well as near the stadium Nationals Park.

Type: School building
Also known as: “Van Ness School”
Address: 1150 5th Street Southeast, Washington, 20003

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United States Capitol and Nationals Park.

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. United States Capitol is situated 1 mile northwest of Van Ness Elementary School.

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. Nationals Park is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Van Ness Elementary School.

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. National Museum of the United States Navy is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Van Ness Elementary School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Waterfront.

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

Photo: dbking, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Van Ness Elementary School

Categories: building and education
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

38.877° or 38° 52′ 37″ north

Longitude

-76.99907° or 76° 59′ 57″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87C5V2G2+R9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 67260475

OpenStreetMap feature

building=school

GeoNames ID

4140868

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Van Ness Elementary School from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Van Ness Elementary School”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Navy Yard and Barracks Row.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Van Ness Elementary School and M St SE at 4th St SE.

Washington, D.C.: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into West End, East End, Georgetown, and Shaw.

Curious Schools to Discover

Uncover intriguing schools from every corner of the globe.