Colony Hill

Colony Hill is a small neighborhood located in the southwest corner of Glover Archbold Park in Northwest Washington, D.C. It is bounded on the north and east by the park, on the south by Reservoir Road NW, and on the west by Foxhall Road NW.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Georgetown University and Kreeger Museum.

Georgetown University

University

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Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C, and the nation's first federally chartered university.

Kreeger Museum

Museum

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The Kreeger Museum is a modern and contemporary non-profit art museum located in Washington, D.C., United States. It is located on Foxhall Road, one of the residential neighborhoods of the city, in the former home of Carmen and David Lloyd Kreeger, pillars…

Castle Gatehouse

Building

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Castle Gatehouse, Washington Aqueduct is a pumping station at the Georgetown Reservoir on the Washington Aqueduct in The Palisades neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foxhall and Burleith.

Foxhall

Neighborhood

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Foxhall, also known as Foxhall Village, is a neighborhood in northwestern Washington, D.C., bordered by Reservoir Road on the north side, Foxhall Road on the west, Glover-Archbold Park on the east, and P Street NW on the south.

Burleith

Neighborhood

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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.

Glover Park

Suburb

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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.

Colony Hill

Type: Locality
Description: neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Categories: neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and neighborhood
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.91317° or 38° 54′ 47″ north

Longitude

-77.0872° or 77° 5′ 14″ west

Elevation

207 feet (63 metres)

Open location code

87C4WW77+74

GeoNames ID

4828209

Wikidata ID

Q5148498

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In Other Languages

“Colony Hill” goes by many names.

Urdu: “کالونی ہل”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hardy Recreation Center and Reservoir Playground.

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