Turkey Thicket Playground
Turkey Thicket Playground is a park in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Turkey Thicket Playground is situated nearby to the neighborhood University Heights, as well as near Bellair.Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and Brookland–CUA station.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Church
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The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in North America and is also the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C.
Brookland–CUA station
Metro station
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Brookland–CUA station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line. Service began on February 6, 1978. The station serves the Brookland neighborhood and the Catholic University of America.
Providence Hospital
Hospital
Providence Hospital was a 408-bed hospital located in the District of Columbia, United States. Founded in 1861 on Capitol Hill by the Roman Catholic Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, it was the longest continuously operating hospital and the last public hospital in the District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brookland and Michigan Park.
Brookland
Suburb
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Brookland, Petworth, 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 Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.
Michigan Park
Neighborhood
Michigan Park is a neighborhood in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. in the Upper Northeast area element. The boundaries of Michigan Park and North Michigan Park neighborhoods are contested due to the history of racial disparity between the two, but…
Edgewood
Neighborhood
Edgewood is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Edgewood is bounded by Michigan Avenue NE to the north, Rhode Island Avenue NE to the south, North Capitol Street to the west, and the Washington Metro's Red Line to the east.
Turkey Thicket Playground
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Turkey Thicket”
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.9379° or 38° 56′ 16″ northLongitude
-76.99235° or 76° 59′ 33″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
87C5W2Q5+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 48207259OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4140776
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Localities in the Area
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