Fort Slocum Picnic Shelter
Fort Slocum Picnic Shelter is a shelter in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Fort Slocum Picnic Shelter is situated nearby to Holy Mountain of God Church, as well as near the church Calvary Life Center.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Slocum and Lamond Recreation Center.
Fort Slocum
Park
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Fort Slocum was one of seven temporary earthwork forts, part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War, 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
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Rock Creek Cemetery is an 86-acre cemetery with a natural and rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, off Hawaii Avenue, NE, in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., 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
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.95915° or 38° 57′ 33″ northLongitude
-77.01371° or 77° 0′ 49″ westOpen location code
87C4XX5P+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 295889115OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=shelterOpenStreetMap feature
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Highlights include Holy Mountain of God Church and Calvary Life Center.
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