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Cottage City, Maryland

Cottage City is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,305 at the 2010 census. Cottage City is a small, quiet community lying between Eastern Avenue (the border with Washington, D.C. ), Brentwood, Colmar Manor, and the Anacostia River. Cottage City was developed beginning in 1870 under the name of "The Highlands". The area was incorporated in 1924 as Cottage City.

Located at 38.9364, -76.9506 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Towns in Maryland, Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area, Populated places in Prince George's County, Maryland, Populated places in Maryland with African American majority populations

Gateway (Washington, D.C.)

Gateway is the name of a small industrial and residential neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by New York Avenue NE to the south and southeast, Bladensburg Road to the west, and South Dakota Avenue to the northeast. Gateway is across New York Avenue from the U.S. National Arboretum. The neighborhood takes its name from the period when the Washington Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran in place of present-day New York Avenue.

Located at 38.9208, -76.9639 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.

Fort Lincoln (Washington, D.C.)

Fort Lincoln is a neighborhood located in northeastern Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Bladensburg Road to the northwest, Eastern Avenue to the northeast, New York Avenue NE to the south, and South Dakota Avenue NE to the southwest. The town of Colmar Manor, Maryland, is across Eastern Avenue from the Fort Lincoln neighborhood, as is the Fort Lincoln Cemetery. The name Fort Lincoln was originally used for a Civil War Fort in adjacent Prince George's County, Maryland, across the D.C.

Located at 38.924, -76.956 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Populated places in Washington, D.C. with African American majority populations, Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C., Forts in the District of Columbia, American Civil War forts

Bladensburg Dueling Grounds

Bladensburg Dueling Grounds is a small spit of land along Dueling Creek, formerly in the town of Bladensburg, Maryland, and now within the town of Colmar Manor, just to the northeast of Washington, D.C. , United States. Dueling Creek, formerly known as Blood Run, is a tributary of the Anacostia River. From 1808 the grove witnessed approximately fifty duels by gentlemen, military officers, and politicians, settling "affairs of honor".

Located at 38.9252, -76.9404 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Dueling, Geography of Prince George's County, Maryland

Goshin

Goshin (Japanese: 護神, "protector of the spirit") is a bonsai created by John Y. Naka. It is a forest planting of eleven Foemina junipers, the earliest of which Naka began training into bonsai in 1948. Naka donated it to the National Bonsai Foundation in 1984, to be displayed at the United States National Arboretum; it has been there ever since. The individual trees represent Naka's grandchildren.

Located at 38.9121, -76.9638 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bonsai, Individual trees, 1948 works

Watts Branch (Anacostia River)

Watts Branch is a tributary stream of the Anacostia River in Prince George's County, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. The headwaters of the stream originate in the Capitol Heights area of Prince George's County, and the branch flows roughly northwest for 4.9 miles to the Anacostia, which drains to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. The watershed area of Watts Branch is about 6,000 acres in Prince George's County and 5,500 acres in Washington.

Located at 38.9057, -76.9571 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Anacostia River, Geography of Prince George's County, Maryland, Rivers of Washington, D.C., Rivers of Maryland

Hickey Run

Hickey Run is a tributary stream of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. , USA. The historic headwaters of the stream originate in the ]]Langdon area in Northeast Washington, however at present this portion of the stream and its tributaries are enclosed in underground pipes and culverts.

Located at 38.9081, -76.9575 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Anacostia River, Rivers of Washington, D.C.

Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens

Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens is a National Park Service site located in the north eastern corner of Washington, D.C. , and the Maryland state border. Nestled near the banks of the Anacostia River and directly south of the Baltimore Washington Parkway, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens preserves a plethora of rare waterlilies and lotuses in the cultivated ponds near the river. The park also contains the Kenilworth Marsh, the only remaining tidal marsh in Washington, D.C.

Located at 38.9089, -76.9486 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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National Capital Parks-East, National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., Parks in Washington, D.C., Protected areas established in 1938, United States National Park Service areas in Washington, D.C.

Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge

The Amtrak Railroad Anacostia Bridge is a railway-only bridge which crosses the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. As of 2010, it carries only Amtrak's Northeast Corridor passenger rail traffic. It was the site of the famous "Crescent Limited wreck" in August 1933, caused when the bridge was damaged by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.

Located at 38.917, -76.9436 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Amtrak, Railroad bridges in Washington, D.C., Bridges over the Anacostia River, Pennsylvania Railroad bridges and tunnels, Bridges completed in 1905, Transportation disasters in Washington, D.C., 1933 in Washington, D.C., Bridge disasters in the United States

New York Avenue Bridge

The New York Avenue Bridge is a bridge carrying U.S. Route 50 and New York Avenue, NE over the Amtrak, CSX and WMATA rails in Washington, D.C. In November 2009, the District of Columbia Department of Transportation began a two-year $36.5 million project to repair the underside, deck and roadway of the bridge. Funds for the project were provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), and the project is the largest ARRA effort in the District of Columbia.

Located at 38.9181, -76.9425 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bridges over the Anacostia River, Road bridges in Washington, D.C., U.S. Route 50, Bridges on the U.S. Highway System

Dueling Creek

Dueling Creek is a tributary of the Anacostia River in southern Maryland in the United States, located in the town of Colmar Manor. It was notorious as a favorite spot for duels in the 19th Century, the most infamous being between Stephen Decatur and James Barron.

Located at 38.9286, -76.9431 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Anacostia River, Geography of Prince George's County, Maryland, Rivers of Maryland

National Capitol Columns

The National Capitol Columns is a monument located in Washington's National Arboretum. It is designed in the style of Corinthian columns, with twenty-two columns submerged in 20 acres of open meadow, known as the Ellipse Meadow.

Located at 38.9102, -76.9675 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C., United States Capitol grounds, 1828 sculptures, Stone sculptures