Hughes Memorial Tower
The Hughes Memorial Tower is a radio tower in Washington, D.C., at 6001 Georgia Avenue, near the intersection of 9th Street NW and Peabody Street NW. At 761 ft, it is the tallest structure of any kind in the district, surpassing the Washington Monument by more than 200 ft and the WTTG Television Tower by 55 ft.Photo: Everything counts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Stevens and Paul Public Charter School.
Fort Stevens
Park
Photo: D Monack, Public domain.
Fort Stevens, formerly named Fort Massachusetts, was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War.
Paul Public Charter School
School
Paul Public Charter School is a charter school in northwest Washington, D.C., serving students from fifth to twelfth grade. Paul Public Charter School is situated 740 feet southeast of Hughes Memorial Tower.
Battleground National Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: D Monack, Public domain.
Battleground National Cemetery is a military burial ground, located along Georgia Avenue near Fort Stevens, in Washington, D.C.'s Brightwood neighborhood. The cemetery is managed by the National Park Service, together with other components of Rock Creek Park. Battleground National Cemetery is situated 2,800 feet north of Hughes Memorial Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brightwood and Brightwood Park.
Brightwood
Suburb
Photo: thebrightwoodian, CC BY 2.0.
Brightwood is a neighborhood in the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C. Brightwood is part of Ward 4.
Brightwood Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brightwood Park is a small neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. in the United States. The neighborhood is bounded by Georgia Avenue NW to the west, Missouri Avenue NW to the northeast and Kennedy Street NW to the south.
Brookland-Petworth-Takoma
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.Hughes Memorial Tower
- Type: Tower
- Description: radio tower in Washington, DC
- Category: Landmark tower
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.96304° or 38° 57′ 47″ northLongitude
-77.02667° or 77° 1′ 36″ westOpen location code
87C4XX7F+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 723602913OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q12060590
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In Other Languages
“Hughes Memorial Tower” goes by many names.
- Urdu: “ہیوز میموریل ٹاور”
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