Rock Creek Palisades

Rock Creek Palisades is a neighborhood in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Rock Creek Palisades is situated nearby to the village North Kensington, as well as near the neighborhood Ken Gar.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Paul Park and Kensington station.

Saint Paul Park

Park

Photo: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Kensington Park Library

Library

Photo: Lorax, CC BY 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Kensington and Kensington.

North Kensington

Village

North Kensington is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 9,497 in 2020.

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.

Garrett Park

Village

Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Garrett Park is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It was named after a former president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Robert W.

Rock Creek Palisades

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

39.03554° or 39° 2′ 8″ north

Longitude

-77.07702° or 77° 4′ 37″ west

Elevation

299 feet (91 metres)

Open location code

87F42WPF+65

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158597359

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4367069

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sebrof-Forbes Cultural Arts Center and Edith Throckmorton Neighborhood Park.

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