Rock Creek Gardens is an affluent residential neighborhood in northwest

Washington, D.C. (northwest)

Northwest is the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located north of the National Mall and west of North Capitol Street...

 Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, bounded by West Beach Drive to the east and northeast, Parkside Drive to the south and southwest, and Rock Creek Park

Rock Creek Park

Rock Creek Park is a large urban natural area with public park facilities that bisects Washington, D.C. The park is administered by the National Park Service.-Rock Creek Park:The main section of the park contains , or , along the Rock Creek Valley...

 to the northeast. West Beach and Parkside also abut the park, making Rock Creek Gardens the only neighborhood in the city to be surrounded entirely by Rock Creek Park, hence its name. It is not set on or adjacent to any major thoroughfare in the city: the only access to the neighborhood is by taking Portal or North Portal Drive via the rotary intersection on 16th Street NW; turning south on East Beach Drive; west on a short strip joining East and West Beach Drives; then turning either direction on West Beach.

Because of its isolation via the park and lack of major streets, the neighborhood is extraordinarily suburban in character, full of winding streets, detached houses on large lots, and open space.

Rock Creek Gardens and the rest of Ward 4 are represented in the Council of the District of Columbia

Council of the District of Columbia

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 by Muriel Bowser

Muriel Bowser

Muriel Bowser is a Democratic politician in Washington, D.C. She is a member of the Council of the District of Columbia representing Ward 4.-Early life:...

.

Rock Creek Gardens is also the name of two condominium complexes, one immediately adjacent to the neighborhood but in Maryland

Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...

, which also borders the park (on Washington Avenue and Grubb Road), and another in Georgetown

Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

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(on Q Street NW).