Sunday, October 18, 1970

Places: DC-Rock Creek Park

 

 


Rock Creek Park-___' (Washington West) (lat, long)
Rock Creek-13' (Washington West) (38.8995561, -77.0571996)

Rock Creek Gardens-246' (Washington West) (138.9887212, -77.0455327)

Rock Creek Valley-0' (Washington West) (38.8996572, -77.0578780) 


Description : Trips : References : Pictures 


Description:

Some features in Rock Creek Park include:

  • Linnean Hill
  •  National Zoo
  • Peirce  Mill
  • Planetarium 
  • Fort Stevens

 According to GNIS:

  • Rock Creek, also called
    • Gold Creek-Kenny, Hamil. West Virginia Place Names. Piedmont, W.Va.: The Place Name Press, 1945.
    • Pine Creek-The American Guide Series, Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration. A state by state guide series published by various publishers, in the late 1930's and 1940's. Each book studies and describes each state's history, natural endowments, and special interests. Use code US-T125/Name/YYYY/p#.
  • Rock Creek Valley-Heads 4 mi W of Gaithersburg, trends SSE to the Georgetown Channel in Washington, D.C. 
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Trips:

  • March 27, 2023 - Technically we did go to Rock Creek Park since the  National Zoo is part of it. But we did not do anything beyond that.
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