Wesley Heights
Wesley Heights is a small affluent neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Wesley Heights is a small affluent neighborhood of Washington, D.C. situated south of Spring Valley. Wesley Heights was founded in 1890 by a land speculation group led by John Waggaman and funded primarily by Charles C. Glover; Wesley Heights was further developed by the brothers William C. and Allison N. Miller during the 1920s. Modern-day Wesley Heights is bordered by Massachusetts Avenue, Nebraska Avenue, Battery-Kemble Park and Glover Parkway. Foxhall Road and New Mexico Avenue are the main roadways passing through Wesley Heights. To protect the character of the original historic housing design of Wesley Heights, the Wesley Heights Zoning Overlay was developed and approved by District of Columbia Zoning Commission on July 13, 1992, at the urging of the Wesley Heights Historical Society. Current homeowners and new housing development within the Wesley Heights overlay must meet specific building codes. The Wesley overlay covers areas west of New Mexico Avenue, Nebraska Avenue, Battery-Kemble Park and Glover Parkway. The overlay restriction does not cover development on housing located on the former Charles C. Glover country estate. Modern day Wesley Heights is located in Ward 3 Advisory Neighborhood Commission under 3D01.
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Worth seeing in and around Wesley Heights
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.
- 01Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C., and the nation's first federally chartered university.
2.8 km · private university in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia - 02Washington National Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Episcopal Diocese of Washington, commonly known as Washington National Cathedral or National Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church. It is located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.
1.7 km · Neo-Gothic cathedral located in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 03Orthodox Church in America
The Orthodox Church in America is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North America. The OCA consists of more than 680 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries and institutions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
1.9 km · Russian Orthodox church in North America, granted autocephaly in 1970 by the Patriarchate of Moscow · Wikipedia - 04American University
The American University is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Its main campus spans 90 acres on Ward Circle, in the Spring Valley and Tenleytown neighborhoods of Northwest D.C. American was chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893 at the urging of Methodist bishop John Fletcher Hurst, who sought to create an institution that promoted public service, internationalism, and pragmatic idealism.
900 m · private liberal arts and research-based university in Washington, D.C., USA · Wikipedia - 05United States Naval Observatory
The United States Naval Observatory is a scientific and military facility that produces geopositioning, navigation and timekeeping data for the United States Navy and the United States Department of Defense. Established in 1830 as the Depot of Charts and Instruments, it is one of the oldest scientific agencies in the United States, and remains a leading facility for astronomical and timing data.
2.1 km · scientific agency and observatory in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia - 06National 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.
3.4 km · zoological park in Washington, D.C., United States · Wikipedia - 07Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. The estate was founded by the Bliss couple, who gave the home and gardens to Harvard University in 1940.
2.8 km · research institution concerning Byzantine and Pre-Columbian studies and garden and landscape studies · Wikipedia - 08Islamic Center of Washington
The Islamic Center of Washington is a mosque and Islamic cultural center in Washington, D.C. It is located on Embassy Row on Massachusetts Avenue just east of the bridge over Rock Creek. When it opened in 1957, it was the largest mosque in the Western Hemisphere.
3.1 km · mosque in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 09University 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.
2.7 km · public university in Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 10Walsh School of Foreign Service
The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service is the school of international relations at Georgetown University, a congressionally-chartered Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1919, SFS is the oldest continuously operating school for international affairs in the United States, predating the U.S. Foreign Service by six years. It grants degrees at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
2.8 km · school of international affairs at Georgetown University · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wesley Heights
- Airports
- Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 10 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 32 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 46 km
- Stations
- Rosslyn, 4 km · Cleveland Park, 2.8 km · Woodley Park, 3.3 km · Tenleytown–AU, 2.3 km · Friendship Heights, 3.5 km
- Baltimore → Wesley Heights57 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · $5–7
- Richmond → Wesley Heights157 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · $14–19
- Philadelphia → Wesley Heights200 km · quickest by road, 3h 52m · $18–25
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wesley Heights
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 Wesley Heights. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPotomac Riverboat Company operates water taxis from Alexandria to Georgetown ($21 one-way) with narrated tours of the monuments.
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Next door to Wesley Heights
Wesley Heights is 6 km from Washington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Georgetownneighborhood and historic district in Washington, D.C., United States3.6 km
- Northwestnorthwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C.; largest of the city's four quadrants3.3 km
- Embassy RowWashington, D.C. neighborhood highly concentrated with international embassies2.2 km
- Foxhallneighborhood in Washington D.C.900 m
- Glover Parkneighborhood in Washington D.C.1.5 km
- Berkleyneighborhood in Washington, D.C.1.9 km