Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is roughly bounded by Randolph Road, Sherwood Forest Drive, Notley Road, the Intercounty Connector, and Northwest Branch Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Sherwood Forest, Maryland”, “Sherwood Forest, MD”, and “Sherwood Forest, Montgomery County, Maryland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brookside Gardens and Rachel Carson House.
Brookside Gardens
Park
Photo: Rkphoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brookside Gardens is a 54-acre public display garden located in Wheaton Regional Park, at 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. The gardens feature two conservatories and a variety of distinct garden areas. Brookside Gardens is situated 2 miles southwest of Sherwood Forest.
Rachel Carson House
Photo: Eli.pousson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rachel Carson House is a historic house in Colesville, Maryland, an unincorporated area near Silver Spring, Maryland. Built in 1956, this typical suburban ranch-style house was where writer Rachel Carson wrote her classic work Silent Spring in 1962. Rachel Carson House is situated 2½ miles south of Sherwood Forest.
Baitur Rehman Mosque
Mosque
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Baitur Rehman Mosque is located in Silver Spring, Maryland in the United States. The mosque was inaugurated by Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the late head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, on October 14, 1994. Baitur Rehman Mosque is situated 2½ miles northeast of Sherwood Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colesville and Springbrook Forest.
Colesville
Town
Colesville is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 15,421 as of the 2020 census.
Springbrook Forest
Neighborhood
Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Springbrook Forest is a neighborhood, which is situated 2 miles south of Sherwood Forest.
Layhill
Village
Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Layhill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, Layhill had a population of 5,764 in 2020. Layhill is situated 2 miles northwest of Sherwood Forest.
Sherwood Forest
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.07872° or 39° 4′ 43″ northLongitude
-77.01248° or 77° 0′ 45″ westElevation
387 feet (118 metres)Open location code
87F43XHQ+F2OpenStreetMap ID
node 157575916OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Sherwood Forest” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “舍伍德福雷斯特 (馬里蘭州蒙哥馬利縣)”
- Chinese: “舍伍德福雷斯特”
- French: “Sherwood Forest”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sherwood Forest Park and Robin Hood Swim Club.
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