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Tiber Creek or Tyber Creek, originally named Goose Creek, is a tributary of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. It was a free-flowing creek until 1815, when it was channeled to become part of the Washington City Canal. Presently, it flows under the city in tunnels, including under Constitution Avenue NW.
The District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is an executive branch agency of the government of the District of Columbia in the United States. The department plans, builds, and maintains publicly owned recreational facilities in District of Columbia, including athletic fields, community centers, parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, spray pools and tennis courts.
In 1979, the trail was extended 26 miles (42 km) westward from Falls Church to Goose Creek with the aid of a federal Rails-to-Trails grant, although it was only paved as far as Maple Avenue East (VA Route 123) in Vienna - a distance of 6 miles (10 km); and by 1979 Fairfax County had built Buckthorn Lane on a raised area across the right-of-way ...
Oxon Run Park was created in 1971 when the National Capitol Planning Commission (NCPC) transferred 300 acres of federal parkland from the National Park Service to the District government, which was part of a larger 700 acre transfer that included Watts Branch, Pope Branch and most of the Oxon Run Parkway.
The National Capital Planning Commission defines Hillcrest as bounded by Branch Avenue SE, Gainesville Street SE, 32nd Street SE, and Alabama Avenue SE. [1] It is bordered on the west by Hillcrest Park, which contains the Winston Education Center, Hillcrest Park Public Tennis Center, Hillcrest Recreation Center, and Washington Seniors Wellness Center.
Rock Creek drains to the Potomac River, which empties into the Chesapeake Bay. [1] Piney Branch is a first order stream (i.e., no tributaries) with a surface length of 0.75 miles (1.21 km). It is generally about 12 feet (3.7 m) wide and 4 inches (10 cm) deep. It is the largest tributary located entirely within the Washington city limits. [2]
Goose Creek Village is east of the center of Loudoun County, on the west side of Belmont Ridge Road. The Dulles Greenway (Virginia Route 267) runs through the southern part of the CDP, leading northwest 7 miles (11 km) to Leesburg, the county seat, and southeast 10 miles (16 km) to Washington Dulles International Airport.
In May 2023, the Washington Business Journal reported that the site had been renamed from the "McMillan Sand Filtration Site" to the "Reservoir District." [17] As of January 2024, the site is being developed. [18] On June 15, 2024 D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon at the Reservoir Park Recreation Center at the former McMillan Sand ...