Lock 7
Lock 7 is a dam in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Lock 7 is situated nearby to the geographical marker Clara Barton National Historic Site, as well as near the village Glen Echo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: lock on the C&O Canal near Glen Echo, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “C&O Canal Lock 7” and “Lock 7 (C&O Canal)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Clara Barton National Historic Site and Central Intelligence Agency.
Clara Barton National Historic Site
Geographical marker
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Clara Barton National Historic Site, 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. Clara Barton National Historic Site is situated 1,500 feet north of Lock 7.
Central Intelligence Agency
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The George Bush Center for Intelligence is the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, located in the unincorporated community of Langley in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, near Washington, D.C. The headquarters is a conglomeration of the Original Headquarters Building and the New Headquarters Building and sits on a total of 258 acres of land. Central Intelligence Agency is situated 1 mile south of Lock 7.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glen Echo and Cabin John.
Glen Echo
Village
Photo: Ben Walther, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glen Echo is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, that was chartered in 1904. The population was 279 at the 2020 census.
Cabin John
Village
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cabin John is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 2,459. Overlooking the Potomac River, it is a suburb of Washington, D.C.…
Langley
Suburb
Photo: Patrickneil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Langley is an unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The name "Langley" often occurs as a metonym for the Central Intelligence Agency, whose headquarters, the George Bush Center for Intelligence, is in Langley. Langley is situated 1½ miles southwest of Lock 7.
Lock 7
- Categories: lock and historic landmark
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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