Hillcrest Heights, Maryland
CDP
small unincorporated community🌐 hillcrest-heights-md.uscitysearch.com
About Hillcrest Heights
Set in the southern part of Maryland, Hillcrest Heights is a small unincorporated community.
Officially, Hillcrest Heights is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.49 square miles.
📰 Hillcrest Heights News Today
- Firefighter taken to hospital after Hillcrest Heights house fire DC News Now · May 4
- Prince George's County Police identify woman who was found shot dead in park, homicide investigation underway WUSA9 · Apr 29
- Teen’s Jordan shoes, iPhone taken after deadly attack, family says FOX 5 DC · May 11
- Jeanne Barnard Pasquariello Obituary (2026) - Hillcrest Heights, MD - Burbage Funeral Home - Berlin Legacy obituary · May 6
- 1 injured in Hillcrest Heights shooting after violent weekend in Prince George's County WUSA9 · Jan 7
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Hillcrest Heights Unique
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Maryland — one of 536 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Hillcrest Heights
📍 Anacostia📍 Barry Farm📍 Barry Farms📍 Bridge District📍 Buena Vista📍 Congress Heights📍 Douglass📍 Fairlawn📍 Fort Stanton📍 Garfield Heights📍 Harbour Manor Apartments📍 Hillcrest📍 Hillsdale📍 Knox Hill📍 Knox Hill/Buena Vista📍 Naylor Gardens📍 Oxon Run Hills📍 Randle Highlands📍 Shipley Terrace📍 Skyland📍 Woodland
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Hillcrest Heights
- Busboys and Poets — regional
- Capitol Hill Crab Cakes
- Cheers @ The Big Chair
- Cultural Citations — caribbean
- DCity Smokehouse — barbecue
- IHOP — breakfast
- Kitchen Savages — creole
- Mama's Pizza Kitchen — pizza
- Quickway Japanese Hibachi — japanese
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- America's Islamic Heritage Museum · Museum
- Honfleur Gallery · Art gallery
- Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum · Museum
- Craig Kraft Studio · Art gallery
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site · Attraction
- Republic F-105D Thunderchief · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Hillcrest Heights
- 🏞️ Anacostia Park Section D · National Park reviews ★
- 🏞️ Anacostia Park, Section C · National Park reviews ★
- Congress Heights Recreation Center reviews ★
- Oxon Run Pool reviews ★
- Alger Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Anacostia Fitness Center reviews ★
- Barnaby Run Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Barry Farm Recreational Center reviews ★
- Battery Ricketts reviews ★
- Douglass Community Center reviews ★
- Douglass Pool reviews ★
- Fort Circle Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaryland
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area2.49 sq mi
Coordinates38.8364, -76.9706