Barnard Hill Park

Barnard Hill Park is a park in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Barnard Hill Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Kaywood Gardens, as well as near North Woodridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Rainier Historic District and Fort Lincoln.

Mount Rainier Historic District

Historic site

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The Mount Rainier Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Rainier, Prince George's County, Maryland, which began as a streetcar suburb located northeast of Washington, D.C. The district was built on a gently rolling rural landscape from about 1900 to 1940.

Fort Lincoln

Park

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Fort Lincoln was one of seven temporary earthwork forts of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, DC 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.

St. Anselm’s Abbey

Church

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St. Anselm's Abbey is an American Benedictine abbey in Washington, D.C. The abbey also operates St. Anselm's Abbey School, a middle and high school for boys which was ranked by the Washington Post as the most challenging school in Washington, D.C, as well as the most challenging private high school in the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Rainier and Avondale.

Mount Rainier is a city of 8,000 people in Prince George's County. A large area of Mount Rainier is considered a historic district by the National Register of Historic Places.