Backus Recreation Center

Backus Recreation Center is a community center in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Backus Recreation Center is situated nearby to University of the District of Columbia - Bertie Backus Campus, as well as near the fitness club Onelife Fitness - Fort Totten.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include District of Columbia Public Library-Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library and Fort Totten station.

District of Columbia Public Library-Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library

Library

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The Lamond-Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Queens Chapel neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 5401 South Dakota Avenue NE. District of Columbia Public Library-Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library is situated 940 feet northwest of Backus Recreation Center.

Fort Totten station

Metro station

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Fort Totten station is a Washington Metro station in northeastern Washington, D.C. It is one of the four major transfer points on the Metrorail system. Fort Totten station is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Backus Recreation Center.

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. Providence Hospital is situated 3,600 feet south of Backus Recreation Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Queens Chapel and Michigan Park.

Queens Chapel

Neighborhood

Queens Chapel is a mostly residential neighborhood with commercial elements located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Its namesake is the Queens Family Chapel, the first Catholic parish in DC.

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…

Fort Totten

Suburb

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Fort Totten is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Fort Totten is located between Riggs Road N.E. to the north, Bates Rd N.E, Allison Street N.E, and the southern end of Fort Totten Park to the south, the Washington Metro Red Line tracks to the east, and North Capitol Street NW to the west.

Backus Recreation Center

Type: Community center
Description: park in the United States of America
Category: leisure center
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.954° or 38° 57′ 14″ north

Longitude

-76.99664° or 76° 59′ 48″ west

Elevation

125 feet (38 metres)

Open location code

87C5X233+J8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358959532

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=community_centre

Wikidata ID

Q34892864

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Cebuano: “Backus Recreation Center”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include University of the District of Columbia - Bertie Backus Campus and Onelife Fitness - Fort Totten.

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