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Glen Echo

Glen Echo is a town in , , United States, that was chartered in 1904. The population was 279 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Village with 271 residents
  • Description: town in Maryland, United States, suburb of Washington, DC
  • Also known as: “Glen Echo on the Potomac”, “Glen Echo, Maryland”, “Glen Echo, MD”, and “Glen-Echo-on-the-Potomac”
  • Postal code: 20812
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clara Barton National Historic Site and Lock 7.

Geographical marker
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The , which includes the Clara Barton House, was established in 1974 to interpret the life of Clara Barton, an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross.

River
Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.
is a river.

Work of art
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a sculpture by the artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, the in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cabin John and Langley.

Village
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 2,459. Overlooking the , it is a suburb of …

Suburb
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is an unincorporated community in the census-designated place of in , United States. The name "Langley" often occurs as a metonym for the Central Intelligence Agency, whose headquarters, the , is in . is situated 2 miles southwest of Glen Echo.

Neighborhood
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a national historic district located at , . The district encompasses 275 modernist houses located northwest of Bethesda. is situated 2 miles northwest of Glen Echo.

Glen Echo

Latitude
38.9694° or 38° 58′ 10″ north
Longitude
-77.14209° or 77° 8′ 32″ west
Population
271
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
Open location code
87C4XV95+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158305380
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4356208
Wiki­data ID
Q477218
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Glen Echo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غلين إيكو”
  • Armenian: “Գլեն Էխո”
  • Basque: “Glen Echo”
  • Catalan: “Glen Echo”
  • Cebuano: “Glen Echo”
  • Chechen: “Глен-Эко (Мэриленд)”
  • Chechen: “Глен-Эко”
  • Chinese: “Glen Echo”
  • Chinese: “格倫埃科 (馬里蘭州)”
  • Chinese: “格倫埃科”
  • Dutch: “Glen Echo”
  • French: “Glen Echo”
  • German: “Glen Echo”
  • Gilaki: “گلن اکو (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “گلن اکو”
  • Hebrew: “גלן אקו”
  • Hungarian: “Glen Echo”
  • Italian: “Glen Echo”
  • Kazakh: “Глэн Эхо”
  • Kirghiz: “Глэн Эхо”
  • Ladin: “Glen Echo”
  • Mazanderani: “گلن اکوو (مریلند)”
  • Mazanderani: “گلن اکوو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Glen Echo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Glen Echo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glen Echo”
  • Norwegian: “Glen Echo”
  • Persian: “گلن اکوو، مریلند”
  • Persian: “گلن اکوو”
  • Polish: “Glen Echo”
  • Portuguese: “Glen Echo”
  • Russian: “Глен-Эко”
  • Serbian: “Глен Еко (Мериленд)”
  • Serbian: “Глен Еко”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Glen Echo, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Glen Echo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قلن اچو، مریلند”
  • Spanish: “Glen Echo”
  • Swedish: “Glen Echo”
  • Tatar: “Глен-Эко (Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Глен-Эко”
  • Ukrainian: “Глен-Еко”
  • Uzbek: “Glen Echo”
  • Volapük: “Glen Echo”
  • Welsh: “Glen Echo, Maryland”
  • Welsh: “Glen Echo”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Glen Echo Town Hall and Glen Echo Post Office.

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