Fort Lesley J. McNair
Fort Lesley J. McNair, also historically known as the Washington Arsenal, is a United States Army post located on the tip of Buzzard Point, the peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. To the peninsula's west is the Washington Channel, while the Anacostia River is on its south side.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tim Evanson, Public domain.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: United States Army post in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Fort Lesley J McNair”, “Fort Leslie J McNair”, and “Fort McNair”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Defense University and Audi Field.
National Defense University
University
Photo: Tim1965, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Defense University is an institution of higher education in Fort Lesley McNair, Washington, D.C., United States. It is funded by the United States Department of Defense aimed at facilitating high-level education, training, and professional development of national security leaders. National Defense University is situated 650 feet south of Fort Lesley J. McNair.
Audi Field
Stadium
Photo: Rainclaw7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium in the Buzzard Point neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the home of D.C. United, DC Power FC, and Washington Spirit soccer teams, and the DC Defenders football team. Audi Field is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Fort Lesley J. McNair.
National War College
Military installation
Photo: Ipoellet, Public domain.
In the United States, the National War College is a school within the National Defense University. It is housed in Roosevelt Hall on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., the third-oldest Army post still active. National War College is situated 1,300 feet south of Fort Lesley J. McNair.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southwest and Waterfront.
Southwest
Quarter
Southwest is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the National Mall and west of South Capitol Street.
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.
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.
Fort Lesley J. McNair
- Category: military base
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.86654° or 38° 51′ 60″ northLongitude
-77.01655° or 77° 0′ 60″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87C4VX8M+J9OpenStreetMap ID
way 67282585OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Fort Lesley J. McNair” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “萊斯利·J·麥克奈爾堡”
- Chinese: “萊斯利·麥克奈爾堡”
- Chinese: “萊斯利堡J.麥克奈爾”
- Chinese: “麥克奈爾堡”
- Chinese: “麦克奈尔堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Lesley J. McNair”
- French: “Fort Lesley J. McNair”
- German: “Fort Lesley J. McNair”
- Hebrew: “פורט לזלי מקנייר”
- Indonesian: “Fort Lesley J. McNair”
- Italian: “Fort Lesley J. McNair”
- Italian: “forte Lesley J. McNair”
- Japanese: “フォート・レスリー・J・マクネーア”
- Persian: “فورت مکنایر”
- Persian: “واشینگتن آرسنال”
- Portuguese: “Forte Lesley J. McNair”
- Russian: “Форт Лесли Макнейр”
- Swedish: “Fort Lesley J. McNair”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Леслі Макнейр”
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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 “Fort Lesley J. McNair”. Photo: Tim Evanson, Public domain.