Rock Creek Park
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Maryland border entrance
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| Location | District of Columbia, United States |
| Nearest city | Washington, D.C. |
| Area | Over 2000 acres (3 mi2) |
| Established | September 27, 1890 |
| Visitors | 2,115,516 (in 2004) |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
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Rock Creek Park Historic District
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| Location | Roughly, Rock Creek Park from Klingle Road to Montgomery County line, Washington, District of Columbia |
| Coordinates | 38°57′27″N 77°2′42″W / 38.95750°N 77.04500°WCoordinates: 38°57′27″N 77°2′42″W / 38.95750°N 77.04500°W |
| Area | 1754 acres (2.74 mi2) |
| Built | 1820s (Peirce Mill); 1897-1912 (Park facilities) |
| Architect | Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., John Charles Olmsted |
| Architectural style | Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Revivals, Early Republic, and NPS Rustic |
| NRHP Reference # | 91001524 |
| Added to NRHP | October 23, 1991 |
Rock Creek Park is a large urban park that bisects the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The park was created by an Act of Congress in 1890, and today is administered by the National Park Service. In addition to the park proper, the Rock Creek administrative unit of the National Park Service administers various other federally owned properties in the District of Columbia located to the north and west of the National Mall, including Meridian Hill Park on 16th Street, N.W., the Old Stone House in Georgetown, and certain of the Fort Circle Parks, a series of batteries and forts encircling the District of Columbia for its defense during the U.S. Civil War.
Rock Creek Park was established by an act of Congress signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison on September 27, 1890, following active advocacy by Charles C. Glover and other civic leaders and in the wake of the creation of the National Zoo the preceding year.
It was only the third national park established by the U.S., following Yellowstone in 1872 and Mackinac National Park in 1875. Sequoia was created at the same time, and Yosemite shortly thereafter. In 1933, Rock Creek Park became part of the newly formed National Capital Parks unit of the National Park Service.
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