Barnard Hill Park
Barnard Hill Park is located in District of Columbia
Barnard Hill Park
LocationBounded by 24th St., between Randolph St. & Eastern Ave., NE Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°56′21.3″N 76°58′14.5″W / 38.939250°N 76.970694°W / 38.939250; -76.970694
Operated byNational Park Service, Rock Creek Park

Barnard Hill Park is an urban park located in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Woodridge; it also abuts the Maryland city of Mount Rainier. This 21.82 acre (88,294 m2) site is administered by the National Park Service as a part of Rock Creek Park, but is not contiguous with that park. Located on the border with Maryland, it is the eastern end of a corridor of contiguous greenspace from Fort Totten Park to Barnard Hill.[1]

History

At the time of establishment of the District of Columbia, Barnard Hill was agricultural land in Prince George's County, Maryland. Survey of the District boundaries by Andrew Ellicott and others in 1791 – 1792 placed the location inside the boundary.[2] The park was acquired by the National Capital Park Commission pursuant to the Capper-Cramton Act of May 29, 1930.[3][4] The park was named after Brigadier General John G. Barnard who supervised the construction of the forts protecting Washington, D.C. during the Civil War.[5]

Features

The park features no monuments or statues. It contains a mix of open space and a wooded ridge with secluded picnic tables. The southeast corner of the park includes a baseball diamond.

References

  1. ^ "Reservation List: The Parks of the National Park System, Washington, DC" (PDF). www.nps.gov. National Park Service; Land Resources Program Center; National Capital Region. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ Bordewich, Fergus M. (2008). Washington: the making of the American capital. HarperCollins. pp. 76–80. ISBN 978-0-06-084238-3.
  3. ^ "CAPPER-CRAMTON ACT" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "Parks of the National Capital, 1933-1951". National Park Service. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "Washington, D.C." National Park Service. Retrieved November 25, 2017.


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