General Electric Retention Pond
General Electric Retention Pond is a reservoir in Howard, Maryland. General Electric Retention Pond is situated nearby to the neighborhood Mission Heights, as well as near Washington Manor.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Elkhorn and Patuxent Institution.
Lake Elkhorn
Lake
Lake Elkhorn is a 37-acre reservoir located in the Owen Brown area of Columbia, Maryland. It is Columbia's third and largest lake. Its main features are a small dam and a park with a picnic pavilion and a two-mile walking path around the lake.
Patuxent Institution
Prison
The Patuxent Institution is located in Jessup, Maryland one mile east of U.S. Route 1 on Maryland Route 175. It is a treatment-oriented maximum-security correctional facility.
Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center
Hospital
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center is a 289-bed secure psychiatric hospital in Jessup, Maryland. It is the forensic hospital providing forensic psychiatric behavioral health care, with areas offering maximum, medium, and minimum security.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guilford and Waterloo.
Guilford
Hamlet
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
Guilford is an unincorporated community located in Howard County in the state of Maryland. The location is named after the Guilford Mill. Guilford is near Kings Contrivance, one of the nine "villages" of Columbia.
Waterloo
Hamlet
Waterloo is an unincorporated community located in Howard County in the U.S. state of Maryland. Located at the intersection of Waterloo Road and Washington Boulevard, the neighborhood is encompassed mostly by Jessup and partially by Elkridge.
Owen Brown
Suburb
Owen Brown is one of the ten villages in Columbia, Maryland, United States, established in 1972. Neighborhoods in the village include Dasher Green, Elkhorn and Hopewell. Owen Brown lies south and east of the town center. The village contains the 37-acre park.
General Electric Retention Pond
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Howard, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.17193° or 39° 10′ 19″ northLongitude
-76.8112° or 76° 48′ 40″ westElevation
292 feet (89 metres)Open location code
87F555CQ+QGOpenStreetMap ID
way 148643277OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
4355989
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