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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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 Number One Observatory Circle and Embassy of Burundi.
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.
Embassy of Burundi
Government office
Burundi and the United States have had diplomatic relations since Burundi's independence in 1962. Embassy of Burundi is situated 820 feet north 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
Photo: Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Nathanael Greene, Public domain.
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
Photo: Peterfitzgerald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle. It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.
Holy Rood Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.9177° or 38° 55′ 4″ northLongitude
-77.07078° or 77° 4′ 15″ westElevation
262 feet (80 metres)Open location code
87C4WW9H+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 43973513OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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