Great Lawn

Great Lawn is a grassland in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Great Lawn is situated near the dog park Dog Run, as well as near Yard Park Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 1,400 feet west of Great Lawn.

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 Great Lawn.

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 2,100 feet east of Great Lawn.

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.

Great Lawn

Type: Grassland
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.87314° or 38° 52′ 23″ north

Longitude

-77.0025° or 77° 0′ 9″ west

Open location code

87C4VXFX+72

OpenStreetMap ID

way 911011561

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=grass

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Dog Run and Yard Park Bridge.

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