Glover Park

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.

Photo: Nathanael Greene, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Georgetown University and Number One Observatory Circle.

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.

Number One Observatory Circle

Government office

Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., it is sometimes informally referred to simply as "the Naval Observatory".

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Massachusetts Avenue Heights and Burleith.

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.

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.

Cathedral Heights

Neighborhood

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Cathedral Heights is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. Primarily residential, the neighborhood has a commercial corridor of shops and restaurants along Wisconsin Avenue.

Glover Park

Type: Suburb with 8,120 residents
Description: neighborhood in Washington D.C.
Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C., neighborhood, and locality
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.92095° or 38° 55′ 15″ north

Longitude

-77.0772° or 77° 4′ 38″ west

Population

8,120

Elevation

289 feet (88 metres)

Open location code

87C4WWCF+94

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158284531

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

4138926

Wikidata ID

Q5572172

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Glover Park” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Glover Park”
French: “Parc Glover”
Persian: “پارک گلاور”
Persian: “گلاورپارک”
Russian: “Гловер Парк”
Slovenian: “Glover Park”
Spanish: “Glover Park”
Urdu: “گلوور پارک”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Foxhall Village and Foxhall Crescent.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stoddert Recreation Center and Whitehaven Garden.

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