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
Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 Massachusetts Avenue Heights.
Glover Park
Suburb
Photo: Nathanael Greene, Public domain.
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.
Massachusetts Avenue Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Georgetown
Photo: Peterfitzgerald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle. It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.
Burleith
- Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.91465° or 38° 54′ 53″ northLongitude
-77.07366° or 77° 4′ 25″ westElevation
184 feet (56 metres)Open location code
87C4WW7G+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 13143719288OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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