Fort Slocum Picnic Shelter

Fort Slocum Picnic Shelter is a shelter in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Fort Slocum Picnic Shelter is situated near Holy Mountain of God Church, as well as near the church Calvary Life Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Fort Slocum and Lamond Recreation Center.

Fort Slocum

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort Slocum was one of seven temporary earthwork forts of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., built in the Northeast quadrant of the city after the beginning of the war by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army.

Lamond Recreation Center

Community center

Photo: Gnupratchett, CC0.

Lamond Recreation Center is a community center, which is situated 3,500 feet northeast of Fort Slocum Picnic Shelter.

Rock Creek Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rock Creek Cemetery is an 86-acre cemetery in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located across the street from the historic Soldiers' Home and the Soldiers' Home Cemetery. Rock Creek Cemetery is situated 4,000 feet south of Fort Slocum Picnic Shelter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brookland-Petworth-Takoma and Fort Totten.

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.

Fort Totten

Suburb

Photo: Egunt07, CC BY 3.0.

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.

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.

Fort Slocum Picnic Shelter

Type: Shelter
Category: building
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.95915° or 38° 57′ 33″ north

Longitude

-77.01371° or 77° 0′ 49″ west

Open location code

87C4XX5P+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 295889115

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=shelter

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Holy Mountain of God Church and Calvary Life Center.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Kansas Ave & Longfellow St and Idido’s Coffee & Social.

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