Canal Basin

Canal Basin is a fountain in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Canal Basin is situated nearby to Dancing Fountains, as well as near Yard Park Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nationals Park and United States Capitol.

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 1,600 feet west of Canal Basin.

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 1¼ miles north of Canal Basin.

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 1,900 feet east of Canal Basin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterfront and Capitol Hill.

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.

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.

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.

Canal Basin

Type: Body of water
Category: fountain
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.8733° or 38° 52′ 24″ north

Longitude

-77.002° or 77° 0′ 7″ west

Open location code

87C4VXFX+86

OpenStreetMap ID

way 286966126

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=fountain

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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