Barnaby Woods
Barnaby Woods is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., wedged between Rock Creek Park and Montgomery County, Maryland.
Barnaby Woods is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., wedged between Rock Creek Park and Montgomery County, Maryland. It is bounded on the north by Aberfoyle Place, on the west by Western Avenue, on the south by Tennyson Street, and on the east by Oregon Avenue. Barnaby Woods is entirely residential, with no commercial zoning whatsoever, and the housing consists primarily of 1930s colonial homes on large parcels of land although on Unicorn Lane NW there are only townhouses.
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Worth seeing in and around Barnaby Woods
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of the District of Columbia
The University of the District of Columbia is a public historically black land-grant university in Washington, D.C., United States. The only public university in the city, it traces its origins to 1851 and opened in its modern form in 1977.
3.4 km · public university in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 02Rock Creek Park
Rock Creek Park is a large urban park that bisects the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. Created by Act of Congress in 1890, the park comprises 1,754 acres, generally along Rock Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River. More than two million people visit the park each year, many to use recreation facilities such as its golf course; hiking, biking, and equestrian trails; tennis center; nature center; playgrounds, and picnic facilities.
2.7 km · urban park in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 03National Museum of Health and Medicine
The National Museum of Health and Medicine is a museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. The museum was founded by U.S. Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond as the Army Medical Museum in 1862; it became the NMHM in 1989 and relocated to its present site at the Army's Forest Glen Annex in 2012. An element of the Defense Health Agency, the NMHM is a member of the National Health Sciences Consortium.
3.9 km · museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States · Wikipedia - 04Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is a health science university and professional school of the U.S. federal government. The primary mission of the school is to prepare graduates for service to the U.S. at home and abroad as uniformed health professionals, scientists and leaders; by conducting cutting-edge, military-relevant research; by leading the Military Health System in key functional and intellectual areas; and by providing operational support to units around the world.
3.7 km · health science university of the United States federal government · Wikipedia - 05Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is a decorative arts and historic house museum in Washington, D.C. The former residence of businesswoman and philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood is known for its decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov, including two Fabergé eggs. Other highlights are 18th and 19th-century French art and one of the country's finest orchid collections.
3.5 km · decorative arts museum in Washington, D.C., USA · Wikipedia - 06William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
The William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center is a tennis venue located in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., United States It is named after William H. G. FitzGerald, a Washington-based private investor who was active in philanthropies and served as United States Ambassador to Ireland. It houses 15 hard courts and 10 clay courts.
2.9 km · tennis venue in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 07Peter Muhlenberg Memorial
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, commonly known as the Peter Muhlenberg Memorial, is a public monument in Washington, D.C. It honors Peter Muhlenberg, a Lutheran minister, Continental Army general, Federalist Era American politician, and member of the prominent Muhlenberg family. The memorial is located in a one-acre park bounded by Connecticut Avenue, Ellicott Street, and 36th Street NW on the eastern edge of Washington's Wakefield neighborhood.
2.5 km · sculpture by Caroline M. Hufford and John Harbeson in Washington, DC, USA · Wikipedia - 08Fort Stevens
Fort Stevens, formerly named Fort Massachusetts, was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War.
2.9 km · historic fort in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 09Washington College of Law
The American University Washington College of Law is the law school of American University, a private research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is accredited by the American Bar Association.
3.7 km · law school of American University · Wikipedia - 10Fort Bayard
Fort Bayard was an earthwork fort constructed in 1861 northwest of Tenleytown in the District of Columbia as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War. It never faced major opposition during the conflict and was decommissioned following the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
3.4 km · historic fort in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia
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Getting to Barnaby Woods
- Airports
- Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 14 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 34 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 41 km
- Stations
- Silver Spring, 3.3 km · Takoma, 3.6 km · Tenleytown–AU, 3.4 km · Van Ness–UDC, 3.3 km · Friendship Heights, 2.7 km
- Baltimore → Barnaby Woods52 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · $4.5–6
- Richmond → Barnaby Woods162 km · quickest by road, 3h · $14–20
- Philadelphia → Barnaby Woods196 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · $17–24
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barnaby Woods. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextHarpers Ferry — West of Frederick on US-340, famous for Civil War history and natural beauty.
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Next door to Barnaby Woods
Barnaby Woods is 9 km from Washington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Forest Hillsneighborhood in Washington, DC2.7 km
- Tenleytownneighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C.3.6 km
- Brightwoodneighborhood in Washington, D.C.3.1 km
- Coolidge Senior High Schoolpublic high school in Washington, District of Columbia, United States3.6 km