Yards Park

Yards Park is a park in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on Water Street Southeast. Yards Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Navy Yard, as well as near Bridge District.

Type: Park
Description: park in District of Columbia, United States of America, United States of America
Also known as: “The Yards Park”
Address: 10 Water Street Southeast, 20003

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nationals Park and United States Capitol.

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.

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 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterfront and Anacostia.

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.

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.

Yards Park

Category: recreation area
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.87318° or 38° 52′ 23″ north

Longitude

-77.00087° or 77° 0′ 3″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXFX+7M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 542324885

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

8094590

Wikidata ID

Q49583485

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Satellite Map

Discover Yards Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Yards Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Yards Park”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Navy Yard and Bridge District.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Terrace Lawn Steps and District Winery.

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