Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many in Dedicated in 1922, it is a 2,028-by-167-foot concrete-bottomed roughly rectangular pool that as of 2012 holds about 4 million US gallons of water.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: large rectangular reflecting pool located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Reflecting Pool”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Lincoln Memorial.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

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The is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the of The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple. is situated 1,600 feet west of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the in , built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. is situated 2,700 feet east of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Golden Triangle and Foggy Bottom.

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood and business improvement district in , United States. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the 's north side to and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.

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is a neighborhood of , United States, located in the city's quadrant. It stretches west of the towards the , north of the , east of , south of the neighborhood and west of .

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Latitude
38.88936° or 38° 53′ 22″ north
Longitude
-77.04466° or 77° 2′ 41″ west
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 990979896
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­basin
Wiki­data ID
Q585532
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بركة نصب لينكون التذكاري الاصطناعية”
  • Chinese: “林肯紀念堂倒影池”
  • Chinese: “林肯纪念堂倒影池”
  • Czech: “Zrcadlové jezírko Lincolnova památníku”
  • Dutch: “Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool”
  • French: “Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool”
  • Hebrew: “בריכת ההשתקפות”
  • Hungarian: “A Lincoln-emlékmű tükörmedencéje”
  • Hungarian: “Lincoln-emlékmű tükörmedencéje”
  • Indonesian: “Kolam Refleksi Memorial Lincoln”
  • Indonesian: “Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool”
  • Italian: “Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool”
  • Japanese: “リフレクティング・プール”
  • Japanese: “リンカーン記念堂のリフレクティング・プール”
  • Polish: “Staw przed Mauzoleum Lincolna”
  • Polish: “Staw przed Pomnikiem Lincolna”
  • Portuguese: “Espelho d’água do Lincoln Memorial”
  • Portuguese: “Espelho-d’água do Lincoln Memorial”
  • Romanian: “Bazinul de reflexie de la Memorialul Lincoln”
  • Russian: “Бассейн мемориала Линкольна”
  • Russian: “Зеркальный бассейн”
  • Russian: “Мемориальный бассейн Линкольна”
  • Russian: “Отражающийся бассейн”
  • Slovenian: “Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool”
  • Spanish: “Estanque reflectante del monumento a Lincoln”
  • Spanish: “Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool”
  • Ukrainian: “Дзеркальний басейн Меморіалу Лінкольна”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include JFK Hockey Fields and United States Park Police Stables.

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