Downtown
Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Mall and National Museum of Women in the Arts.
National Mall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Museum
Photo: Polynova, Public domain.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts.
Ford’s Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Ingfbruno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ford's Theatre is a theater in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1863. In 1865, it was the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Logan Circle.
East End
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Logan Circle
Neighborhood
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Logan Circle is a historic roundabout park and neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The majority of Logan Circle is primarily residential, except for the highly-commercialized 14th Street corridor that passes through the western part of the neighborhood.
Golden Triangle
Neighborhood
The Golden Triangle is a neighborhood and business improvement district in Washington, D.C. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the White House's north side to Dupont Circle and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.
Downtown
- Categories: central business district, neighborhood of Washington, D.C., neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.89949° or 38° 53′ 58″ northLongitude
-77.02807° or 77° 1′ 41″ westOpen location code
87C4VXXC+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 12987917876OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q5303341
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Downtown” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “下城”
- Chinese: “市區”
- Estonian: “Downtown”
- French: “Downtown Washington”
- Japanese: “ダウンタウン (ワシントンD.C.)”
- Scots: “Downtown, Washington, D.C.”
- Scots: “Downtown”
- Slovenian: “Downtown Washington”
- Urdu: “ڈاون ٹاؤن”
- “Downtown (Washington, D.C.)”
- “Downtown Washington”
- “Downtown Washington, D.C.”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chinatown and Penn Quarter.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fit Club and Washington Marriott at Metro Center.
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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 “Downtown”. Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.