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Rock Creek

Rock Creek is a tributary of the , in the United States, that empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the . The 32.6-mile creek drains about 76.5 square miles. Its final quarter-mile is affected by tides.
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Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: River
  • Description: tributary of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland and Washington, D.C., in the United States
  • Also known as: “Gold Creek”, “Pine Creek”, “Rock Creek (Potomac River tributary)”, and “Rock Creek (Potomac River)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ohev Sholom Congregation and Rock Creek Park Golf Course.

Synagogue
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the oldest Orthodox synagogue in the neighborhood of , in the United States. The synagogue was formed from the merger of two earlier synagogues, Ohev Sholom and Talmud Torah.

Golf course
is a golf course in , in the . The entire course lies within , a owned and maintained by the National Park Service division of the United States Department of the Interior.

Archaeological site
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was an American Civil War-era fortification constructed in 1861 on a hilltop along the west bank of Rock Creek within , as part of the Defenses of Washington.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hawthorne and Rock Creek Gardens.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of 308 single family homes in the Northwest quadrant of According to neighborhood lore, the subdivision was named for the hawthorn trees once abundant in the area.

Neighborhood
is an affluent residential neighborhood in Northwest, Washington, D.C. It is bounded by West Beach Drive to the east and northeast, Parkside Drive to the south and southwest, and to the northeast.

Neighborhood
Photo: Egunt07, CC BY 3.0.
is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of , wedged between and . It is bounded on the north by Aberfoyle Place, on the west by Western Avenue, on the south by Tennyson Street, and on the east by Oregon Avenue.

Rock Creek

Latitude
38.97781° or 38° 58′ 40″ north
Longitude
-77.04595° or 77° 2′ 45″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87C4XXH3+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42003310
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
4140203
Wiki­data ID
Q2352739
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Venetian—“Rock Creek” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Rock Creek”
  • Catalan: “Rock Creek”
  • Cebuano: “Rock Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, District of Columbia)”
  • Cebuano: “Rock Creek”
  • Chinese: “岩溪”
  • Chinese: “罗克河”
  • Chinese: “罗克溪”
  • Dutch: “Rock Creek”
  • French: “Rock Creek”
  • German: “Rock Creek, Potomac River”
  • German: “Rock Creek”
  • Italian: “Rock Creek”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rock Creek”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rock Creek”
  • Polish: “Rock Creek”
  • Slovenian: “Rock Creek”
  • Urdu: “راک کریک (دریائے پوٹومیک معاون دریا)”
  • Urdu: “راک کریک”
  • Venetian: “Rock”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Colonial Village and Shepherd Park.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rock Creek view and Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Seminary.

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