Forsythia Hill

Forsythia Hill is a hill in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic and has an elevation of 157 feet. Forsythia Hill is situated nearby to the neighborhood Burleith, as well as near Kalorama Heights.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dumbarton Oaks Estate and Georgetown 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.

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.

Montrose Park

Park

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Montrose Park is a public park owned by the federal government, located in the 3000 block of R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Georgetown neighborhood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burleith and Georgetown.

Burleith

Neighborhood

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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.

Georgetown

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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.

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.

Forsythia Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 157 feet
Category: landform
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.91483° or 38° 54′ 53″ north

Longitude

-77.06275° or 77° 3′ 46″ west

Elevation

157 feet (48 metres)

Open location code

87C4WW7P+WV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11387950191

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=hill

GeoNames ID

4138685

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