Soka Gakkai USA Washington DC Cultural Center

Soka Gakkai USA Washington DC Cultural Center is a Buddhist temple in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic which is located on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest. Soka Gakkai USA Washington DC Cultural Center is situated nearby to the government office Embassy of Nepal, as well as near the building Babcock–Macomb House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Nicholas Cathedral and Number One Observatory Circle.

St. Nicholas Cathedral

Church

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St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, D.C., is the primatial cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America and the seat of Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada of the Orthodox Church in America.

Number One Observatory Circle

Government office

Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., it is sometimes informally referred to simply as "the Naval Observatory". Number One Observatory Circle is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Soka Gakkai USA Washington DC Cultural Center.

Embassy of Finland

Government office

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Embassy of Finland is a government office, which is situated 890 feet east of Soka Gakkai USA Washington DC Cultural Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Massachusetts Avenue Heights and Glover Park.

Massachusetts Avenue Heights

Neighborhood

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Massachusetts Heights is a small neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., dominated by the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral. The neighborhood is bounded to the north by Woodley Road, to the southwest by Massachusetts Avenue, to the east by 34th Street NW, and to the west by Wisconsin Avenue.

Glover Park

Suburb

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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.

Cathedral Heights

Neighborhood

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Cathedral Heights is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. Primarily residential, the neighborhood has a commercial corridor of shops and restaurants along Wisconsin Avenue.

Soka Gakkai USA Washington DC Cultural Center

Type: Buddhist temple
Address: 3417 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.92536° or 38° 55′ 31″ north

Longitude

-77.06803° or 77° 4′ 5″ west

Open location code

87C4WWGJ+4Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 67828789

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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