Rock Creek
Rock Creek is a river in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Rock Creek is situated nearby to the neighborhood Hawthorne, as well as near Colonial Village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Meadowbrook Local Park and Ohev Sholom Congregation.
Ohev Sholom Congregation
Synagogue
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ohev Sholom Congregation is the oldest Orthodox synagogue in the Shepherd Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The synagogue was formed from the merger of two earlier synagogues, Ohev Sholom and Talmud Torah.
Lowell School
School
Photo: Kesasummers, Public domain.
Lowell School is an independent, diverse, co-educational preschool through 8th grade school located in the Colonial Village neighborhood near Shepherd Park Washington, D.C. The school was founded by Judith Grant and Susan Semple in 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement on the educational philosophies of Haim Ginott, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, John Dewey, and Friedrich Fröbel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rock Creek Gardens and Hawthorne.
Rock Creek Gardens
Neighborhood
Rock Creek Gardens is an affluent residential neighborhood in Northwest, Washington, D.C. It is bounded by West Beach Drive to the east and northeast, Parkside Drive to the south and southwest, and Rock Creek Park to the northeast.
Hawthorne
Neighborhood
Hawthorne is a neighborhood of 308 single family homes in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. According to neighborhood lore, the subdivision was named for the hawthorn trees once abundant in the area.
Colonial Village
Neighborhood
Colonial Village is an area in northwest Washington, D.C., built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the Moore House, where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.
Rock Creek
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.98699° or 38° 59′ 13″ northLongitude
-77.05235° or 77° 3′ 8″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87C4XWPX+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
way 967723898OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
4367057
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Highlights include Rock Creek Sports Club and Saint Paul United Methodist Church.
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