Little Falls Dam

Little Falls Dam, also known as Brookmont Dam, is a low dam on the Potomac River, built in 1959 to divert water for the water supply system of Washington, D.C., just below Mather Gorge, about 2 miles above Chain Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda and Lock 6.

Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda

Government office

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The Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda is a campus in Brookmont, Maryland, containing offices for several agencies of the United States Intelligence Community. Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda is situated 480 feet northwest of Little Falls Dam.

Lock 6

River

Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.

Lock 6 is a river.

Washington Waldorf School

School

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The Washington Waldorf School is a private K-12 school in Bethesda, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C., on a 6-acre campus the school rents from Montgomery County. Washington Waldorf School is situated 1,400 feet north of Little Falls Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brookmont and Spring Valley.

Brookmont

Village

Brookmont is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,751.

Spring Valley

Neighborhood

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Spring Valley is a largely residential neighborhood in Ward 3, Northwest Washington, D.C. As of July 2021, it was the most expensive neighborhood in the District, with homes selling at a median price of $1.465 million.

American University Park

Neighborhood

American University Park is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., named for American University. AU Park, as it is often abbreviated, is situated against the Maryland border in the Northwest quadrant, bounded by Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Western Avenues. Tenleytown and Friendship Heights lie to the east, Embassy Row to the southeast, and Spring Valley to the southwest. American University Park is situated 1½ miles east of Little Falls Dam.

Little Falls Dam

Type: Dam
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.94844° or 38° 56′ 54″ north

Longitude

-77.12137° or 77° 7′ 17″ west

Elevation

246 feet (75 metres)

Open location code

87C4WVXH+9F

GeoNames ID

4360804

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