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.
25th New York Volunteer Cavalry Monument
Memorial
Photo: Gnupratchett, CC0.
25th New York Volunteer Cavalry 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
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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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.96679° or 38° 58′ 0″ northLongitude
-77.02729° or 77° 1′ 38″ westElevation
285 feet (87 metres)Open location code
87C4XX8F+P3GeoNames ID
4137815
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