Forest Hills in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Rock Creek Park
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 15, 2018
1. Rock Creek Park Marker
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Rock Creek Park was created by Congress in 1890 through the lobbying efforts of local philanthropist Charles C. Glover. Its original 1,754 acres taken mainly by eminent domain constitutes the largest urban park in America - twice the size of New York's Central Park. It is home to a vast array of wild life and vegetation, which thrive in and along Rock Creek. Pierce Mill, at the intersection of Tilden Street and Beach Drive, is now operated as a museum and is the last of five nineteenth century flour mills that operated on Rock Creek. The creation of Rock Creek Park saved it and much of the future Cleveland Park from becoming a large inland reservoir in the 1880s by the Army Corps of Engineers. In the 1930s Congress expanded the park into Maryland by an additional 4,000 acres.
Rock Creek Park was created by Congress in 1890 through the lobbying efforts of local philanthropist Charles C. Glover. Its original 1,754 acres taken mainly by eminent domain constitutes the largest urban park in America - twice the size of New York's Central Park. It is home to a vast array of wild life and vegetation, which thrive in and along Rock Creek. Pierce Mill, at the intersection of Tilden Street and Beach Drive, is now operated as a museum and is the last of five nineteenth century flour mills that operated on Rock Creek. The creation of Rock Creek Park saved it and much of the future Cleveland Park from becoming a large inland reservoir in the 1880s by the Army Corps of Engineers. In the 1930s Congress expanded the park into Maryland by an additional 4,000 acres.
Location. 38° 56.815′ N, 77° 3.882′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Forest Hills. It is at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue
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Northwest and Yuma Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Connecticut Avenue Northwest. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4419 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington DC 20008, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 443 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
