Glover Archbold Park | |
 Glover-Archbold Park sign (2011) | |
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| Location | Foundry Branch, NW Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates | 38°55′31.32″N 77°4′55.33″W / 38.9253667°N 77.0820361°W |
| Area | 183 acres (74 ha)[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 06001260[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 16, 2007 |
| Designated DCIHS | November 8, 1964 |
Glover Archbold Park is a 183-acre quasi-natural, stream-valley park in Northwest Washington, D.C., on the western edge of Georgetown University and adjacent to the Burleith-Hillandale, Glover Park, McLean Gardens, and Westchester neighborhoods.[3] One of the "finger parks" of Rock Creek Park, the Glover-Archbold Park is administered by the National Park Service (NPS).
The park includes a historical Victory Garden on W Street NW.
The park includes the portion of Foundry Branch from Van Ness Street to Canal Road along the Potomac River. Several temporary streams, some originating from springs, flow into Foundry Branch.
The NPS prohibits off-leash dogs, bicycles, and motorized vehicles in the park.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Glover-Archbold Park". National Park Service. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
Glover-Archbold Park is a 183-acre park in northwest Washington, DC.
- ^ Barrows, Edward M. (2006). Nature, Gardens, & Georgetown (Premier ed.). Bethesda, MD: Xylocopa Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0978607906.