Meridian Stone
Meridian Stone is a memorial in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Meridian Stone is situated nearby to the park The Ellipse, as well as near the memorial Zero Milestone.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and The Ellipse.
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.
The Ellipse
Park
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Ellipse, sometimes referred to as President's Park South, is a 52-acre park south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States.
Washington Monument
Photo: Poliocretes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Washington Monument is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. Washington Monument is situated 1,700 feet south of Meridian Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown and Golden Triangle.
Downtown
Suburb
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
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.
Golden Triangle
Neighborhood
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.
Meridian Stone
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “US Meridian 1890”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.89396° or 38° 53′ 38″ northLongitude
-77.03659° or 77° 2′ 12″ westOpen location code
87C4VXV7+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 7412895526OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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