Seneca Creek State Park

Seneca Creek State Park is a Maryland state park encompassing more than 6,300 acres along 14 miles of Seneca Creek in its run to the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Type: Park
Description: State park in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Postal code: 20878

Places of Interest

Highlights include Riley’s Lock and Seneca Quarry.

Riley’s Lock

River

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Riley's Lock and lock house are part of the 184.5-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that operated from the 1830s through 1923 along the Potomac River in the United States. Riley’s Lock is situated 2 miles south of Seneca Creek State Park.

Seneca Quarry

Ruins

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Seneca Quarry is a historic site located at Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on the north bank of the Potomac River, just west of Seneca Creek. Seneca Quarry is situated 2 miles south of Seneca Creek State Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seneca and Dawsonville.

Seneca

Hamlet

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Seneca is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is located near the intersection of River Road and Seneca Creek, not far from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Potomac River. Seneca is situated 1½ miles south of Seneca Creek State Park.

Dawsonville

Hamlet

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Dawsonville is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Dawsonville was established in 1750 by Thomas Dawson in land that was previously part of Frederick County, but became part of Montgomery County, following the 1776 division of Frederick County. Dawsonville is situated 2 miles north of Seneca Creek State Park.

Darnestown

Village

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Darnestown is a United States census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. The CDP is 17.70 square miles. As of the 2020 census, the Darnestown CDP had a population of 6,723, while the village of Darnestown is considerably smaller in size and population. Darnestown is situated 2½ miles east of Seneca Creek State Park.

Seneca Creek State Park

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

39.10122° or 39° 6′ 4″ north

Longitude

-77.34165° or 77° 20′ 30″ west

Elevation

207 feet (63 metres)

Open location code

87F44M25+F8

GeoNames ID

4369184

Wikidata ID

Q7450292

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Seneca Creek State Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Seneca Creek State Park”
Polish: “Park stanowy Seneca Creek”
Polish: “Seneca Creek State Park”
Turkish: “Seneca Deresi Eyalet Parkı”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Potomac Park Estate and Harlow.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dry Seneca Creek Stream Valley Park and Seneca Quarry.

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