Located about 4 miles west of Downtown Houston, Rice Military is nestled in the area east of Memorial Park.

The neighborhood has Camp Logan and Glen Cove/Crestwood to the west, Cottage Grove and the Houston Heights to the north, and River Oaks and Montrose/Neartown to the south.

The Rice Military subdivision is bounded by Westcott Street on the west, Shepherd Drive on the east, Washington Avenue on the north, and Buffalo Bayou on the south.

Surrounding subdivisions and neighborhoods are often lumped together with Rice Military.

The bigger area commonly referred to as Rice Military/Washington Avenue or Washington Corridor stretches south of I-10 (Katy Freeway), east of Washington and Westcott, north of the Buffalo Bayou, and west of Sawyer Street.