Brightwood
Brightwood is a neighborhood in the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C. Brightwood is part of Ward 4.Photo: thebrightwoodian, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Suburb with 17,600 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
- Historically known as: “Bright Wood”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Stevens and Hughes Memorial Tower.
Fort Stevens
Park
Photo: D Monack, Public domain.
Fort Stevens, formerly named Fort Massachusetts, was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War.
Hughes Memorial Tower
Tower
Photo: Everything counts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hughes Memorial Tower is a radio tower in Washington, D.C., at 6001 Georgia Avenue, near the intersection of 9th Street NW and Peabody Street NW. At 761 ft, it is the tallest structure of any kind in the district, surpassing the Washington Monument by more than 200 ft and the WTTG Television Tower by 55 ft.
Battleground National Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: D Monack, Public domain.
Battleground National Cemetery is a military burial ground, located along Georgia Avenue near Fort Stevens, in Washington, D.C.'s Brightwood neighborhood. The cemetery is managed by the National Park Service, together with other components of Rock Creek Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brightwood Park and Brookland-Petworth-Takoma.
Brightwood Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Brookland-Petworth-Takoma
Brookland, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.Takoma
Suburb
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Takoma is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. It is located in Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4B, in the district's Fourth Ward. It borders the city of Takoma Park, Maryland.
Brightwood
- Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.96563° or 38° 57′ 56″ northLongitude
-77.02712° or 77° 1′ 38″ westPopulation
17,600Elevation
292 feet (89 metres)Open location code
87C4XX8F+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 158635659OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
4137810Wikidata ID
Q4967829
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Brightwood” goes by many names.
- French: “Brightwood”
- Japanese: “ブライトウッド”
- Slovenian: “Brightwood”
- Urdu: “برائٹ ووڈ”
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