Fort Stevens
Fort Stevens, formerly named Fort Massachusetts, was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War.Photo: D Monack, Public domain.
- Type: Park
- Description: historic fort in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Fort Massachusetts” and “Fort Stevens Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hughes Memorial Tower and Paul Public Charter School.
Hughes Memorial Tower
Tower
Photo: Everything counts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hughes Memorial Tower is a radio tower in Washington, D.C., at 6001 Georgia Avenue, near the intersection of 9th Street NW and Peabody Street NW. At 761 ft, it is the tallest structure of any kind in the district, surpassing the Washington Monument by more than 200 ft and the WTTG Television Tower by 55 ft.
Paul Public Charter School
School
Paul Public Charter School is a charter school in northwest Washington, D.C., serving students from fifth to twelfth grade.
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.
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
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.Fort Stevens
- Categories: fort, national park, tourism, recreation area, tourist attraction, historic site, and military installation
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.96437° or 38° 57′ 52″ northLongitude
-77.02919° or 77° 1′ 45″ westElevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
87C4XX7C+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 41965357OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
military=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
4138734Wikidata ID
Q5472116
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Fort Stevens” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Stevens Park”
- Chinese: “史蒂文斯堡”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ستيفنز”
- Japanese: “スティーブンス要塞”
- Slovenian: “Fort Stevens”
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