Dirksen
Dirksen is a railway station in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Access is restricted and requires permission. Dirksen is situated nearby to Mountjoy Bayly House, as well as near Hart Senate Office Building.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.
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.
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. United States Capitol is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Dirksen.
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site
Park
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and NoMa.
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.
NoMa
Neighborhood
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
NoMa is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.
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.
Dirksen
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.89213° or 38° 53′ 32″ northLongitude
-77.00562° or 77° 0′ 20″ westOperator
Architect of the CapitolOpen location code
87C4VXRV+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 8398794687OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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