Jabarkan Northwest dari Kuadran di Washington, D.C.

"Northwest" (juga ditulis NW atau N.W.) terletak di sebelah utara National Mall dan barat North Capitol Street. Northwest adalah kuadran terbesar di kota ini, mencakup distrik bisnis pusat, Federal Triangle, The National Smithsonian Zoo, dan museum di sepanjang sisi utara National Mall, serta permukiman-permukiman seperti Petworth, Dupont Circle, Logan Circle, LeDroit Park, Georgetown, Adams Morgan, Embassy Row, Glover Park, Tenleytown, Foggy Bottom, Cleveland Park, Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant, the Palisades, Shepherd Park, Crestwood, Bloomingdale, dan Friendship Heights.