Anacostia River
Anacostia River is a river in Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland. Anacostia River is situated nearby to the village Colmar Manor, as well as near the town Bladensburg.Places of Interest
Highlights include United States National Arboretum and Fort Lincoln.
United States National Arboretum
Park
The United States National Arboretum is an arboretum in northeast Washington, D.C., operated by the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service.
Fort Lincoln
Park
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Fort Lincoln was one of seven temporary earthwork forts part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, DC during the Civil War built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army.
Mount Rainier Historic District
Historic site
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The Mount Rainier Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Rainier, Prince George's County, Maryland, which began as a streetcar suburb located northeast of Washington, D.C. The district was built on a gently rolling rural landscape from about 1900 to 1940.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyattsville and Mount Rainier.
Hyattsville
Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It is an urban suburb of Washington, D.C. The population was 21,187 at the 2020 United States census.
Mount Rainier
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Mount Rainier is a city of 8,000 people in Prince George's County. A large area of Mount Rainier is considered a historic district by the National Register of Historic Places.
Near Northeast
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Near Northeast refers to the area just north of Capitol Hill and Union Station, but south of Brookland.
Anacostia River
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.9301° or 38° 55′ 48″ northLongitude
-76.9414° or 76° 56′ 29″ westOpen location code
87C5W3J5+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 62204151OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Robert Yost Park and Bladensburg Waterfront Park.
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