Rock Creek Cemetery

Rock Creek Cemetery is an 86-acre in the neighborhood of , located across the street from the historic Soldiers' Home and the .
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: garden cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Also known as: “Rock Creek Church Cemetery”, “Rock Creek Church Yard”, “Rock Creek Church Yard & Cemetery”, “Rock Creek Church Yard and Cemetery”, “St Paul’s Rock Creek Cemetery”, and “St. Paul’s Rock Creek Cemetery”
  • Address: Rock Creek Church Road Northwest, Washington, DC 20010

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Pauls Episcopal Church and Adams Memorial.

Church
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish, is a historic Episcopal church located on Rock Creek Church Road, , in , United States. is situated 480 feet south of Rock Creek Cemetery.

Memorial
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The is a grave marker for Marian Hooper Adams and Henry Adams located in Section E of Rock Creek Cemetery, The memorial features a cast bronze allegorical sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. is situated 720 feet southeast of Rock Creek Cemetery.

Museum
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President Lincoln's Cottage is a historic home used by Abraham Lincoln on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, known today as the Armed Forces Retirement Home, near the neighborhood in In 2000 it was designated a national monument called President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument. is situated 2,400 feet south of Rock Creek Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Totten and Petworth.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast is located between Riggs Road N.E. to the north, Bates Rd N.E, Allison Street N.E, and the southern end of Park to the south, the Washington Metro Red Line tracks to the east, and North Capitol Street NW to the west.

Neighborhood
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Brookland, , and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the , just across Rock Creek Park.

Rock Creek Cemetery

Latitude
38.9482° or 38° 56′ 54″ north
Longitude
-77.01261° or 77° 0′ 45″ west
Elevation
292 feet (89 metres)
Open location code
87C4WXXP+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43973518
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
4140205
Wiki­data ID
Q7354368
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Rock Creek Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقبرة روك كريك”
  • Armenian: “Ռոք Քրիք գերեզմանատուն”
  • Belarusian: “Могілкі Рок Крык”
  • Catalan: “Cementiri de Rock Creek”
  • Chinese: “岩溪公墓”
  • Chinese: “岩溪墓地”
  • Czech: “hřbitov Rock Creek”
  • Danish: “Rock Creek Cemetery”
  • Dutch: “Rock Creek begraafplaats”
  • Dutch: “Rock Creek Cemetery”
  • French: “cimetière Rock Creek”
  • French: “Cimetière Rock Creek”
  • Georgian: “როკ კრიკის სასაფლაო”
  • German: “Rock Creek Cemetery”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות רוק קריק”
  • Hungarian: “Rock Creek Temető”
  • Italian: “cimitero di Rock Creek”
  • Italian: “Cimitero di Rock Creek”
  • Japanese: “ロッククリーク墓地”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rock Creek Cemetery”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rock Creek Cemetery”
  • Portuguese: “Cemitério Rock Creek”
  • Russian: “Каменнорецкое кладбище”
  • Russian: “Кладбище Рок Крик”
  • Russian: “кладбище Рок-Крик”
  • Russian: “Рок Крик”
  • Russian: “Рок-Крик”
  • Slovenian: “Rock Creek Cemetery”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio de Rock Creek”
  • Swedish: “Rock Creek Cemetery”
  • Ukrainian: “Кладовище Рок Крік, Кладовище Рок-Крік, Цвинтар Рок Крік”
  • Ukrainian: “Цвинтар Рок-Крік”
  • Urdu: “راک کریک قبرستان”
  • Welsh: “Mynwent Rock Creek”

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