Rock Creek Gardens
Rock Creek Gardens is an affluent residential condominium neighborhood in Northwest, Washington, D.C.. It is bounded by West Beach Drive to the east and northeast, Parkside Drive to the south and southwest, and Rock Creek Park to the northeast.- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “Rock Creek Gardens, Washington, D.C.”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ohev Sholom Congregation and Lowell School.
Ohev Sholom Congregation
Synagogue
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ohev Sholom Congregation is the oldest Orthodox synagogue in the Shepherd Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The synagogue was formed from the merger of two synagogues, Ohev Sholom and Talmud Torah.
Lowell School
School
Photo: Kesasummers, Public domain.
Lowell School is an independent, diverse, co-educational preschool through 8th grade school located in the Colonial Village neighborhood near Shepherd Park Washington, D.C. The school was founded by Judith Grant and Susan Semple in 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement on the educational philosophies of Haim Ginott, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, John Dewey, and Friedrich Fröbel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colonial Village and North Portal Estates.
Colonial Village
Neighborhood
Colonial Village is an area in northwest Washington, D.C., built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the Moore House, where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.
North Portal Estates
Neighborhood
North Portal Estates is an affluent residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. that forms the northernmost corner of the District of Columbia. North Portal Estates is bounded by North Portal Drive to the south, East Beach Drive to the west and northwest, and Rock Creek Park to the northeast.
Hawthorne
Neighborhood
Hawthorne is a neighborhood of 308 single family homes in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. According to neighborhood lore, the subdivision was named for the hawthorn trees once abundant in the area.
Rock Creek Gardens
- Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and locality
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.98872° or 38° 59′ 19″ northLongitude
-77.04553° or 77° 2′ 44″ westElevation
249 feet (76 metres)Open location code
87C4XXQ3+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 158617916OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“Rock Creek Gardens” goes by many names.
- French: “Rock Creek Gardens”
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