Georgetown Reservoir

The Georgetown Reservoir is a that provides water to the . 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 Embassy of Germany, Washington, D.C. and District of Columbia Public Library-Palisades Neighborhood Branch.

Government office
The Embassy of Germany in Washington, D.C, is the 's diplomatic mission to the . Its chancery, designed by Egon Eiermann and opened in 1964, is located in northwest Washington, D.C.

Library
The Palisades Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the neighborhood of It is located at 4901 V Street NW.

Museum
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The is a modern and contemporary non-profit art museum located in , 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…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Palisades and Glover Park.

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

Suburb
Photo: Nathanael Greene, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., about a half mile north of Georgetown and just west of the and .

Neighborhood
The is a national historic district located in . It contains 198 contributing buildings in a residential neighborhood located in the northern part of the county.

Georgetown Reservoir

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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