Homewood-Capital View Park

Homewood-Capital View Park is a park in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Homewood-Capital View Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Capitol View Park, as well as near the hamlet Kensington Heights.

Type: Park
Description: park in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Also known as: “Capitol View-Homewood Park” and “Homewood Capital View Park”
Postal code: 20895

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kensington station and Washington D.C. Temple.

Kensington station

Railway station

Photo: Lorax, CC BY 4.0.

Kensington is a passenger railroad station at 10417 Howard Avenue in Kensington, Maryland, United States. Opened by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1891, the Kensington station is today served by MARC Train's Brunswick Line, which makes 15 weekday scheduled stops at Kensington, plus one flag stop on Fridays.

Washington D.C. Temple

Church

Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Washington D.C. Temple is the 16th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in Kensington, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., and the Capital Beltway, it became the church's first temple east of the Mississippi River since the original Nauvoo Temple, completed in 1846.

Saint Paul Park

Park

Photo: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kensington and Wheaton.

Kensington

Photo: Caseyjonz, Public domain.

Kensington is a suburb of Washington, D.C. in the Capital Region of Maryland with a population of about 2,100 people in 2020. The main reasons to visit are antique shopping at Antique Row, to see the enormous Mormon Temple, and one great pizza place.