Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

Blockhouse Point Conservation Park is a park in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Blockhouse Point Conservation Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Riverwood, as well as near the area Seneca Breaks.

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Type: Park
Description: park and conservation area in Darnestown, Maryland, United States
Also known as: “Blockhouse Point Conservation Park & Trails” and “Blockhouse Point Park”
Postal code: 20854

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tobytown Park and Riley’s Lock.

Tobytown Park

Park

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Riley’s Lock

River

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Riley's Lock and lock house are part of the 184.5-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that operated from the 1830s through 1923 along the Potomac River in the United States. Riley’s Lock is situated 2 miles west of Blockhouse Point Conservation Park.

Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C.

Golf course

Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C. is an 800-acre private golf club in the eastern United States, at Lowes Island in Potomac Falls, Virginia, northwest of Washington, D.C. It is part of the Trump chain of golf clubs that includes clubs in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Bedminster. Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C. is situated 2½ miles west of Blockhouse Point Conservation Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seneca and Travilah.

Seneca

Hamlet

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Seneca is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is located near the intersection of River Road and Seneca Creek, not far from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Potomac River. Seneca is situated 2 miles northwest of Blockhouse Point Conservation Park.

Travilah

Town

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Travilah is a United States census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is 17.28 square miles located along the north side of the Potomac River, and surrounded by the communities of Potomac, North Potomac, and Darnestown—all census-designated places. Travilah is situated 2½ miles east of Blockhouse Point Conservation Park.

Lowes Island

Village

Lowes Island is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lowes Island had a population of 11,023. Along with nearby Countryside and Cascades, it is considered one of the three main components of the Potomac Falls community. Lowes Island is situated 3 miles southwest of Blockhouse Point Conservation Park.

Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

Category: protected area
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.06261° or 39° 3′ 45″ north

Longitude

-77.30582° or 77° 18′ 21″ west

Elevation

272 feet (83 metres)

Open location code

87F43M7V+2M

GeoNames ID

4348922

Wikidata ID

Q34901130

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In Other Languages

“Blockhouse Point Conservation Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Blockhouse Point Park”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Riverwood and Seneca Breaks.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dierssen Waterfowl Sanctuary and Blockhouse Point.

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