Fort Slocum
Fort Slocum was one of seven temporary earthwork forts, part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War, built in the Northeast quadrant of the city after the beginning of the war by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: historical fort in Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “Fort Slocum Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lamond Recreation Center and Rock Creek Cemetery.
Lamond Recreation Center
Community center
Photo: Gnupratchett, CC0.
Lamond Recreation Center is a community center.
Rock Creek Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rock Creek Cemetery is an 86-acre cemetery with a natural and rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, off Hawaii Avenue, NE, in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., across the street from the historic Soldiers' Home and the Soldiers' Home 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brookland-Petworth-Takoma and Fort Totten.
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.Fort Totten
Suburb
Fort Totten is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Fort Totten is located between Riggs Road N.E. to the north, Bates Rd N.E, Allison Street N.E, and the southern end of Fort Totten Park to the south, the Washington Metro Red Line tracks to the east, and North Capitol Street NW to the west.
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.
Fort Slocum
- Categories: fort, archaeological site, and recreation area
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.96002° or 38° 57′ 36″ northLongitude
-77.0139° or 77° 0′ 50″ westElevation
240 feet (73 metres)Open location code
87C4XX6P+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 41965097OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
“Fort Slocum” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سلوكم”
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