National Capital Parks-East
National Capital Parks-East is an administrative grouping of multiple National Park Service sites east of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., and in the state of Maryland. These sites include:…- Type: Park
- Description: subregion of the United States National Park Service’s National Capital Region
- Also known as: “NACE” and “National Capital Parks - East”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library and Fort Davis.
Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library
Library
Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. It was originally opened to the public in 1961. A new building on the same site, designed by award-winning architect David Adjaye, opened on June 19, 2012.
Fort Davis
Park
Fort Davis is a Civil War earthwork that was constructed for the Defense of Washington. It is located in the Fort Davis neighborhood.
Woodlawn Cemetery
Cemetery
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Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The 22.5-acre cemetery contains approximately 36,000 burials, nearly all of them African Americans.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Davis and Greenway.
Fort Davis
Neighborhood
Fort Davis is a residential neighborhood located in southeast Washington, D.C., on the border between the District of Columbia and Maryland. It is bounded by Southern Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, and Alabama Avenue SE/Bowen Road SE. Fort Davis Park abuts the western corner of the neighborhood.
Greenway
Neighborhood
Greenway is a residential neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C., in the United States. The neighborhood is bounded by East Capitol Street SE, Interstate 295 SE, Fairlawn Avenue SE, Minnesota Avenue SE, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, The western part of the…
Benning
Neighborhood
Benning is a residential neighborhood located in Ward 7 of Northeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by East Capitol Street to the south, Minnesota Avenue to the west, and Benning Road on the north and east.
National Capital Parks-East
- Categories: United States federal agency and National Park System unit
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“National Capital Parks-East” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “National Capital Parks - East”
- Cebuano: “National Capital Parks-East”
- French: “parcs de la capitale nationale Est”
- French: “Parcs de la capitale nationale Est”
- Slovenian: “NACE”
- Slovenian: “National Capital Parks-East”
- Slovenian: “Parki nacionalnega glavnega mesta Vzhod”
- Spanish: “Parques de la capital nacional orientales”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Dupont Park and Fort Dupont Playground.
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