Riggs Park
Riggs Park is a residential neighborhood in Ward 4 of Northeast Washington, D.C.
Riggs Park is a residential neighborhood in Ward 4 of Northeast Washington, D.C. It is part of the greater Lamond-Riggs community. Riggs Park is bounded by South Dakota Ave NE to the west, Eastern Ave NE to the east, Galloway St NE to the south, and New Hampshire Ave NE to the north. Riggs Park is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Michigan Park, and Fort Totten, located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington D.C. In addition to these neighborhoods, Riggs Park also borders the city/neighborhood Chillum, which is located in Prince George's County, Maryland. The WMATA Red Line train tracks pass through the Riggs Park neighborhood when traveling between the Takoma and Fort Totten Metro stations, alongside the adjacent CSX, MARC, and Amtrak train tracks.
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Worth seeing in and around Riggs 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.
- 01The 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.
2.3 km · private Catholic University in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 02Archdiocese 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.
800 m · archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church serving Washington, D.C., and five counties of Maryland, United States · Wikipedia - 03Trinity 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.
3.1 km · Catholic university in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 04President 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 km · national monument in the United States · Wikipedia - 05Rock 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.
1.8 km · garden cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia - 06Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
The Saint John Paul II National Shrine is a national shrine in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. It is a place of prayer for Catholics and welcomes people of all faiths.
2 km · national shrine in Washington, D.C · Wikipedia - 07William 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.
3.8 km · tennis venue in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 08Washington Adventist University
Washington Adventist University is a private Seventh-day Adventist university in Takoma Park, Maryland.
3.6 km · university in Takoma Park, Maryland, United States · Wikipedia - 09Fort Bunker Hill
Fort Bunker Hill was one of seven temporary earthwork forts of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army. From west to east, the forts were: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln.
2.1 km · historical fort in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia - 10Fort Stevens
Fort Stevens, formerly named Fort Massachusetts, was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War.
3.2 km · historic fort in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia
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Getting to Riggs Park
- Airports
- Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 12 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 37 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 40 km
- Stations
- Brookland–CUA, 2.3 km · West Hyattsville, 2.1 km · Fort Totten, 700 m · Hyattsville Crossing, 3.5 km · Takoma, 3.2 km
- Richmond → Riggs Park161 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · $14–20
- Philadelphia → Riggs Park192 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · $17–23
- Norfolk → Riggs Park242 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · $26–35
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No local-transport research exists yet for Riggs 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 Riggs Park. 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 Riggs Park
Riggs Park is 7 km from Washington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Mount Rainiercity in Maryland, United States3 km
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- Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monasterythe religious community, a representative of the Custody of the Holy Land2 km
- Park Viewneighborhood in Washington, D.C.3.5 km
- Petworthneighborhood in Washington, D.C.2.8 km
- Mount Rainier Historic Districthistoric district located in Mount Rainier, Maryland3.3 km