Dorchester
Dorchester is a neighborhood in the Northwest District of Baltimore. It is located between the neighborhoods of Arlington, Central Forest Park, Howard Park and Gallway-Garrison.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood with 1,570 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Dorchester, Baltimore”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Forest Park High School and West Cold Spring station.
Forest Park High School
School
Forest Park High School is a public secondary school in the Dorchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Forest Park was established in 1924 as the Forest Park Junior-Senior High School.
West Cold Spring station
Metro station
Photo: Onore Baka Sama, Public domain.
West Cold Spring station is a Metro SubwayLink station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located at the intersection of Wabash Avenue and Cold Spring Lane in the Arlington neighborhood, adjacent to the Towanda-Grantley neighborhood.
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Zoo
The Maryland Zoo — also known as The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and formerly as The Baltimore City Zoo or the Baltimore Zoo — is a 135-acre park located in historic Druid Hill Park in the northwestern area of the City of Baltimore, Maryland, with the postal address of 1876 Mansion House Drive. The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is situated 2 miles east of Dorchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Callaway-Garrison and Langston Hughes.
Callaway-Garrison
Neighborhood
Callaway-Garrison is a neighborhood in the Northwest district of Baltimore, located between the neighborhoods of Dorchester and Ashburton. Its boundaries are marked by West Cold Spring Lane, Liberty Heights Avenue, Callaway Avenue and Garrison Boulevard.
Langston Hughes
Neighborhood
Langston Hughes is a neighborhood in the Northwest District of Baltimore, located between the neighborhoods of Central Park Heights and Woodmere. Its roughly pentagonal boundaries are marked by West Belvedere Avenue, Litchfield Avenue, Reisterstown Road and Oakmont Avenue.
Ashburton
Suburb
Ashburton is a middle class, predominantly African-American neighborhood in the Forest Park region of northwestern Baltimore City, Maryland. It is located near Liberty Heights Avenue and Hilton Street, and is characterized by mixture of single family housing and blocks of row houses.
Dorchester
- Category: locality
- Location: Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.3321° or 39° 19′ 56″ northLongitude
-76.68644° or 76° 41′ 11″ westPopulation
1,570Elevation
440 feet (134 metres)Open location code
87F588J7+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1420205759OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
11979962Wikidata ID
Q5297582
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Dorchester” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Dorchester”
- French: “Dorchester”
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