Volta Park
Volta Park is a park in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Volta Park is situated nearby to Volta Street Playground, as well as near the historic building Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building and Dumbarton Oaks Estate.
Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building
Historic building
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The Volta Laboratory and the Volta Bureau were created in Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., by Alexander Graham Bell. The Volta Laboratory was founded in 1880–1881 with Charles Sumner Tainter and Bell's cousin, Chichester Bell, for the research and development of telecommunication, phonograph and other technologies. Volta Laboratory and Bureau Building is situated 490 feet west of Volta Park.
Dumbarton Oaks Estate
Museum
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Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and gardens of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss. Dumbarton Oaks Estate is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Volta Park.
Embassy of Ukraine
Government office
Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, D.C., is the diplomatic mission of Ukraine to the United States. The embassy is located at 3350 M Street NW, in the heart of Georgetown's commercial district. Embassy of Ukraine is situated 2,000 feet south of Volta Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Georgetown and Burleith.
Georgetown
Photo: Peterfitzgerald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle. It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.
Burleith
Neighborhood
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Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., United States. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover Archbold Park to the west.
Glover Park
Suburb
Photo: Nathanael Greene, Public domain.
Glover Park is a neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., about a half mile north of Georgetown and just west of the United States Naval Observatory and Number One Observatory Circle.
Volta Park
- Opening hours: dawn—dusk
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.91025° or 38° 54′ 37″ northLongitude
-77.06713° or 77° 4′ 2″ westOpen location code
87C4WW6M+34OpenStreetMap ID
way 48268462OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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