Brightwood Post Office

Brightwood Post Office is a post office in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Brightwood Post Office is situated nearby to the park Fort Stevens, as well as near Battleground National Cemetery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Stevens and Battleground National Cemetery.

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.

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. Battleground National Cemetery is situated 1,500 feet north of Brightwood Post Office.

98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Monument

Memorial

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Monument is a memorial, which is situated 1,500 feet north of Brightwood Post Office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brightwood and Brightwood Park.

Brightwood

Suburb

Photo: thebrightwoodian, CC BY 2.0.

Brightwood is a neighborhood in the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C. Brightwood is part of Ward 4.

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.

Brightwood Post Office

Type: Post office
Also known as: “Brighton Post Office”
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.96679° or 38° 58′ 0″ north

Longitude

-77.02729° or 77° 1′ 38″ west

Elevation

285 feet (87 metres)

Open location code

87C4XX8F+P3

GeoNames ID

4137815

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