Brightwood Park
Brightwood Park is a small neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C.
Brightwood Park is a small neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. in the United States. The neighborhood is bounded by Georgia Avenue NW to the west, Missouri Avenue NW to the northeast and Kennedy Street NW to the south. More recently, areas that are technically part of the northern extremity of the Petworth neighborhood have been increasingly referred to as Brightwood Park. Often these informal boundaries extend south to Emerson Street NW, and east to New Hampshire Avenue NW. Another definition places Hamilton Street NW as Brightwood Park's southern boundary. Other definition places Brightwood Park's southern boundary as Ingraham Street NW or Gallatin Street NW. The most expansive definition states Brightwood Park's borders as Missouri Avenue to the north, North Capitol Street on the east, Emerson Street to the south and Georgia Avenue on the west. It is located in Ward 4.
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Worth seeing in and around Brightwood Park
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.
- 01Howard University
Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
4 km · university in Washington D.C. · Wikipedia - 02The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is one of two pontifical universities of the Catholic Church in the United States – the only one that is not primarily a seminary – and the only institution of higher education founded by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
3.5 km · private Catholic University in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 03National Zoological Park
The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, commonly known as the National Zoological Park or simply the National Zoo, is one of the oldest zoos in the United States. The zoo is part of the Smithsonian Institution and does not charge admission.
3.8 km · zoological park in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia - 04Archdiocese of Washington
The Archdiocese of Washington is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church for the District of Columbia and several Maryland counties in the United States. The archdiocese is home to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
3.4 km · archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church serving Washington, D.C., and five counties of Maryland, United States · Wikipedia - 05University 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.
3.8 km · public university in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 06Rock 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.
2.3 km · urban park in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 07Trinity Washington University
Trinity Washington University is a private Catholic university in Washington, D.C., United States. It was founded as Trinity College by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1897 as the nation's first Catholic liberal arts college for women.
3.7 km · Catholic university in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 08Hillwood 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.
2.8 km · decorative arts museum in Washington, D.C., USA · Wikipedia - 09President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
President Lincoln's Cottage is a historic home used by Abraham Lincoln on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, known today as the Armed Forces Retirement Home, near the Petworth neighborhood in Washington, D.C. In 2000 it was designated a national monument called President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument. President Abraham Lincoln and his family resided seasonally on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home to escape the heat and political pressure of downtown Washington, as did President James Buchanan before him.
2.1 km · national monument in the United States · Wikipedia - 10Rock Creek Cemetery
Rock Creek Cemetery is an 86-acre cemetery in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located across the street from the historic Soldiers' Home and the Soldiers' Home Cemetery. It also is home to the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington.
1.5 km · garden cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Brightwood Park
- Airports
- Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 12 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 37 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 39 km
- Stations
- Brookland–CUA, 3.7 km · Cleveland Park, 3.7 km · Columbia Heights, 3.2 km · Fort Totten, 2.1 km · Georgia Avenue–Petworth, 2.3 km
- Richmond → Brightwood Park161 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · $14–19
- Philadelphia → Brightwood Park104 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · $10–14
- Norfolk → Brightwood Park243 km · quickest by road, 5h 4m · $26–35
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No local-transport research exists yet for Brightwood Park
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 Brightwood Park. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Brightwood Park is 7 km from Washington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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