Massachusetts Avenue Heights
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood in Washington, DC
- Also known as: “Mass Ave Heights”, “Mass Avenue Heights”, “Mass. Ave. Heights”, “Massachusetts Avenue Heights, Washington, D.C.”, and “Massachusetts Heights”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Embassy of Russia and Number One Observatory Circle.
Embassy of Russia
Government office
The Embassy of Russia in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation to the United States. The embassy is located at 2650 Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., and oversees consulates in New York and Houston.
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".
St. Nicholas Cathedral
Church
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St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, D.C., is the primatial cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America and the seat of Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada of the Orthodox Church in America.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glover Park and Cathedral Heights.
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.
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.
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.
Massachusetts Avenue Heights
- Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.92555° or 38° 55′ 32″ northLongitude
-77.07065° or 77° 4′ 14″ westElevation
233 feet (71 metres)Open location code
87C4WWGH+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 158605906OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“Massachusetts Avenue Heights” goes by many names.
- Urdu: “میساچوسٹس ہائٹس، واشنگٹن ڈی سی”
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