Fort Lincoln

Fort Lincoln is a residential area in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Fort Lincoln is situated nearby to Customs House Post Office, as well as near Mount Horeb Baptist Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Lincoln and United States National Arboretum.

Fort Lincoln

Park

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Fort Lincoln was one of seven temporary earthwork forts of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, DC 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.

United States National Arboretum

Park

Photo: Cliff, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Mount Rainier Historic District

Historic site

Photo: Nonvirtual, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Mount Rainier Historic District is situated 1 mile north of Fort Lincoln.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gateway and Mount Rainier.

Gateway

Neighborhood

Photo: Egunt07, CC BY 3.0.

Northeast is the northeastern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It encompasses the area located north of East Capitol Street and east of North Capitol Street.

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.

Colmar Manor

Village

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Colmar Manor is a town located in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 1,588. As the town developed at the beginning of the 20th century, it assumed a name derived from its proximity to the District of Columbia—the first syllable of Columbia and that of Maryland were combined to form "Colmar".

Fort Lincoln

Type: Residential area
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.92792° or 38° 55′ 41″ north

Longitude

-76.96079° or 76° 57′ 39″ west

Open location code

87C5W2HQ+5M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 67383310

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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