Lock 6

Lock 6 is a dam in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Lock 6 is situated nearby to the village Brookmont, as well as near the government office Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda.

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Type: Dam
Description: lock in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Also known as: “Lock 6 (C&O Canal)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lock 5 and Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda.

Lock 5

River

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Lock 5 is a river.

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 1,800 feet north of Lock 6.

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.

The Palisades

Neighborhood

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The Palisades, or simply Palisades, is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River, running roughly from the edge of the Georgetown University campus to the D.C.-Maryland boundary. The Palisades is situated 2 miles southeast of Lock 6.

Lock 6

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

38.94476° or 38° 56′ 41″ north

Longitude

-77.12378° or 77° 7′ 26″ west

Elevation

52 feet (16 metres)

Open location code

87C4WVVG+WF

GeoNames ID

4360991

Wikidata ID

Q34864070

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Lock 6” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lock 6”
French: “Lock 6”
German: “Lock 6”
Spanish: “Lock 6”

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