West Potomac Park

West Potomac Park is a U.S. national park in , adjacent to the . It includes the parkland that extends south of the , from the to the grounds of the .
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: urban park in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Potomac Flats” and “Potomac Park”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument.

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The is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the of The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple.

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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the in , built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president.

Park
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is a national memorial located in West Potomac Park next to the in , United States. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. carved by sculptor Lei Yixin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foggy Bottom and Golden Triangle.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood of , United States, located in the city's quadrant. It stretches west of the towards the , north of the , east of , south of the neighborhood and west of .

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood and business improvement district in , United States. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the 's north side to and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

West Potomac Park

Latitude
38.88527° or 38° 53′ 7″ north
Longitude
-77.04694° or 77° 2′ 49″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXP3+46
Geo­Names ID
4141060
Wiki­data ID
Q285616
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Satellite Map

Discover West Potomac Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“West Potomac Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متنزه غرب بوتوماك”
  • Arabic: “منتزه ويست بوتوماك”
  • Cebuano: “West Potomac Park”
  • Chinese: “西波托馬克公園”
  • Dutch: “West Potomac Park”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Potomaka Parko”
  • French: “West Potomac Park”
  • German: “West Potomac Park”
  • Hebrew: “פארק הפוטומק המערבי”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugat-Potomac Park”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・ポトマック公園”
  • Japanese: “西ポトマック公園”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Potomac Park”
  • Norwegian: “West Potomac Park”
  • Portuguese: “West Potomac Park”
  • Slovenian: “West Potomac Park”
  • Spanish: “West Potomac Park”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ پوٹومیک پارک”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویسٹ پوٹومیک پارک”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kidwell Meadows and Monument Grounds.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Korean War Veterans Memorial and Fala Statue.

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