Burleith

Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.

Photo: Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Neighborhood
Description: neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
Neighbors: Georgetown

Places of Interest

Highlights include Georgetown University and Dumbarton Oaks Estate.

Georgetown University

University

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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.

Dumbarton Oaks Estate

Museum

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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.

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Hospital

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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is one of the Washington, D.C. area's oldest academic teaching hospitals. It is a not-for-profit, acute care teaching and research facility located in the Georgetown neighborhood of the Northwest Quadrant…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glover Park and Foxhall.

Glover Park

Suburb

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Glover Park is a neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., about a half mile north of Georgetown and just west of the United States Naval Observatory and Number One Observatory Circle.

Foxhall

Neighborhood

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Foxhall, also known as Foxhall Village, is a neighborhood in northwestern Washington, D.C., bordered by Reservoir Road on the north side, Foxhall Road on the west, Glover-Archbold Park on the east, and P Street NW on the south.

Massachusetts Avenue Heights

Neighborhood

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Massachusetts Heights is a small neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., dominated by the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral. The neighborhood is bounded to the north by Woodley Road, to the southwest by Massachusetts Avenue, to the east by 34th Street NW, and to the west by Wisconsin Avenue.

Burleith

Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.91465° or 38° 54′ 53″ north

Longitude

-77.07366° or 77° 4′ 25″ west

Elevation

184 feet (56 metres)

Open location code

87C4WW7G+VG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13143719288

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4137864

Wikidata ID

Q4999126

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Burleith” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Burleith”
French: “Burleith”
Spanish: “Burleith”
Urdu: “برلیتھ، واشنگٹن ڈی سی”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Duke Ellington Field and Whitehaven Parkway Park.

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