Holy Rood Cemetery

Holy Rood Cemetery is Holy Trinity Catholic Church's parish cemetery. It is located at 2126 Wisconsin Avenue N.W. at the southern end of Glover Park, adjacent to Georgetown in Washington, D.C. It is at one of the highest elevations in the city.

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Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery located in Washington, DC
Address: 2128 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20007

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Georgetown University is situated 3,400 feet south of Holy Rood Cemetery.

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". Number One Observatory Circle is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Holy Rood Cemetery.

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. Dumbarton Oaks Estate is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Holy Rood Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burleith and Glover Park.

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.

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.

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.

Holy Rood Cemetery

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

38.9177° or 38° 55′ 4″ north

Longitude

-77.07078° or 77° 4′ 15″ west

Elevation

262 feet (80 metres)

Open location code

87C4WW9H+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43973513

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

4139107

Wikidata ID

Q15224685

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