Glover-Archbold Park
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Glover-Archbold Park is a stream valley park, Northwest, Washington, D.C., on the western edge of the Glover Park
neighborhood. It includes Foundry Branch
from Van Ness Street, to Canal Road
, on the Potomac River
.
Glover Park
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...
neighborhood. It includes Foundry Branch
Foundry Branch
Foundry Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., USA. The historic headwaters of the stream originate in the Tenleytown area in Northwest Washington, however at present the section of the stream north of Massachusetts Avenue is hydrologically separated from the lower...
from Van Ness Street, to Canal Road
Canal Road
Canal Road is a street name in various locations, including the following:*Canal Road, Bradford West Gwillimbury in Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada*Canal Road , U.S.A.*Canal Road *Canal Road -Entertainment:...
, on the Potomac River
Potomac River
The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. The river is approximately long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles...
.
History
It is named after Charles Carroll Glover and Anne Mills Archbold, who donated the land, in 1924.External links
- http://thenaturalcapital.blogspot.com/2009/08/car-free-dc-glover-archbold-park.html
- http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/39462
- http://www.dcaudubon.org/node/4480