The Spout

The Spout is a rapids in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. The Spout is situated nearby to the area Six Locks, as well as near the locality Great Falls.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Great Falls.

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Photo: Zellfaze, CC0.

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in the District of Columbia, West Virginia and Maryland. It lies in the Potomac River Valley between Washington, D.C. and Cumberland.

Great Falls

Waterfall

Photo: MamaGeek, CC BY 3.0.

Great Falls is a series of rapids and waterfalls on the Potomac River in the state of Maryland 14 miles upstream from Washington, D.C. As the border between the states of Maryland and Virginia generally follows the low-water line on the Virginia side, the…

Lock 19

Canal

Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.

Lock 19 is a canal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Great Falls and Potomac.

Great Falls

Photo: Rob Shenk, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Falls in Virginia, within the United States of America. It's a suburb outside the DC beltway. Nearly all the businesses are found at either end of Walker Road.

Potomac

Photo: Russ, CC BY 2.0.

Potomac is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 47,018.

Carderock

Locality

Carderock is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, along the Potomac River. It is located in the southern part of the Potomac census-designated place and western part of the Bethesda postal area. Carderock is situated 3 miles southeast of The Spout.

The Spout

Type: Rapids
Category: body of water
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.99556° or 38° 59′ 44″ north

Longitude

-77.24937° or 77° 14′ 58″ west

Elevation

82 feet (25 metres)

Open location code

87C4XQW2+67

GeoNames ID

4370141

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Lock 17 and Rocky Islands.

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