Georgetown Reservoir

The Georgetown Reservoir is a reservoir that provides water to the District of Columbia. Part of the city’s water supply and treatment infrastructure, it is located in the Palisades neighborhood, about two miles downstream from the Maryland–D.C. boundary.

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Type: Reservoir
Description: reservoir in Washington, D.C., United States
Also known as: “Distributing Reservoir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Georgetown University and Kreeger Museum.

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.

Kreeger Museum

Museum

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The Kreeger Museum is a modern and contemporary non-profit art museum located in Washington, D.C., United States. It is located on Foxhall Road, one of the residential neighborhoods of the city, in the former home of Carmen and David Lloyd Kreeger, pillars…

Castle Gatehouse

Building

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Castle Gatehouse, Washington Aqueduct is a pumping station at the Georgetown Reservoir on the Washington Aqueduct in The Palisades neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foxhall and The Palisades.

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.

The Palisades

Neighborhood

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The Palisades, or simply Palisades, is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River, running roughly from the edge of the Georgetown University campus to the D.C.-Maryland boundary.

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.

Georgetown Reservoir

Category: body of water
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.91333° or 38° 54′ 48″ north

Longitude

-77.0944° or 77° 5′ 40″ west

Elevation

141 feet (43 metres)

Open location code

87C4WW74+86

GeoNames ID

4138887

Wikidata ID

Q7336467

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In Other Languages

“Georgetown Reservoir” goes by many names.

French: “Georgetown Reservoir”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lab School of Washington and Fishing Shore.

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