American University
American University is an university in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. American University is situated nearby to the retail building Spring Valley Shopping Center, as well as near Arabic Baptist Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Spring Valley Shopping Center and Friendship "Turtle" Park.
Spring Valley Shopping Center
Retail building
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Spring Valley Shopping Center is an historic shopping center, located at 4820, 4860, 4872, 4874 Massachusetts Avenue and 4301 49th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Spring Valley neighborhood. Spring Valley Shopping Center is situated 440 feet northwest of American University.
Friendship "Turtle" Park
Park
Friendship "Turtle" Park is located at the junction of 45th and Van Ness Streets in the American University Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is part of District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation. Friendship "Turtle" Park is situated 2,000 feet southeast of American University.
American University Museum
Museum
Photo: Asiir, Public domain.
The American University Museum is located within the Katzen Arts Center at the American University in Washington, DC. American University Museum is situated 3,300 feet southeast of American University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spring Valley and American University Park.
Spring Valley
Neighborhood
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spring Valley is a largely residential neighborhood in Ward 3, Northwest Washington, D.C. As of July 2021, it was the most expensive neighborhood in the District, with homes selling at a median price of $1.465 million.
American University Park
Neighborhood
American University Park is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., named for American University. AU Park, as it is often abbreviated, is situated against the Maryland border in the Northwest quadrant, bounded by Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Western Avenues. Tenleytown and Friendship Heights lie to the east, Embassy Row to the southeast, and Spring Valley to the southwest.
Tenleytown
Suburb
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tenleytown is a historic neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C.…
American University
- Type: University
- Category: education
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.94501° or 38° 56′ 42″ northLongitude
-77.09497° or 77° 5′ 42″ westElevation
253 feet (77 metres)Open location code
87C4WWW4+22OpenStreetMap ID
way 66678724OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=university
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