Soapstone Valley Park

Soapstone Valley Park is a nature reserve in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Soapstone Valley Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Van Ness, as well as near Forest Hills.

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Type: Nature reserve
Description: park in Washington, D.C., United States
Also known as: “Soapstone Valley”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Howard University School of Law and Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens.

Howard University School of Law

University

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Howard University School of Law is the law school of Howard University, a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is one of the oldest law schools in the country and the oldest historically black law school in the United States.

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

Museum

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Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is a decorative arts and historic house museum in Washington, D.C. The former residence of businesswoman and philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood is known for its decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov, including two Fabergé eggs.

Van Ness-University of the District of Columbia Metro Station

Metro station

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Van Ness–UDC station is a Washington Metro station serving the Forest Hills and North Cleveland Park neighborhoods of Washington, D.C., United States. The island platformed station was opened on December 5, 1981, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forest Hills and North Cleveland Park.

Forest Hills

Neighborhood

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Forest Hills, also known as Van Ness, is a residential neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., United States, bounded by Connecticut Avenue NW to the west, Rock Creek Park to the east, Chevy Chase to the north, and Tilden Street NW to the south.

North Cleveland Park

Neighborhood

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North Cleveland Park is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Albemarle Street NW to the north, Rodman and Quebec Streets NW to the south, Wisconsin and Nebraska Avenues NW to the west, and Connecticut Avenue to the east.

Cleveland Park

Suburb

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Cleveland Park is a residential neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. It is located at and bounded approximately by Rock Creek Park to the east, Wisconsin and Idaho Avenues to the west, Klingle and Woodley Roads to the south, and Rodman and Tilden Streets to the north.

Soapstone Valley Park

Categories: urban park and recreation area
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.94642° or 38° 56′ 47″ north

Longitude

-77.05895° or 77° 3′ 32″ west

Elevation

161 feet (49 metres)

Operator

National Park Service

Open location code

87C4WWWR+HC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 41965101

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4140531

Wikidata ID

Q49562817

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Soapstone Valley Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Soapstone Valley Park”
French: “parc Soapstone Valley”
French: “Soapstone Valley Park”
German: “Soapstone Valley Park”
Spanish: “Soapstone Valley Park”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Van Ness and Northwest.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Embassy of the Netherlands and Van Ness-UDC.

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