Pier 2

Pier 2 is a pier in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Pier 2 is situated nearby to Pier 1, as well as near Admiral Willard Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of the United States Navy and Nationals Park.

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. National Museum of the United States Navy is situated 780 feet north of Pier 2.

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. Nationals Park is situated 3,200 feet west of Pier 2.

Commander, Navy Installations Command

Office

The Commander, Navy Installations Command is an Echelon II shore command responsible for all shore installations under the control of the United States Navy. Commander, Navy Installations Command is situated 550 feet north of Pier 2.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anacostia and Fairlawn.

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.

Fairlawn

Neighborhood

Photo: Egunt07, CC BY 3.0.

Fairlawn is a working class and middle class residential neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C., United States. It is bounded by Interstate 295, Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Minnesota Avenue SE, Naylor Road SE, and Good Hope Road SE.

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.

Pier 2

Type: Pier
Categories: military installation and transportation
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.87182° or 38° 52′ 19″ north

Longitude

-76.99618° or 76° 59′ 46″ west

Open location code

87C5V2C3+PG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 138060070

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=pier

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