Great Falls
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…
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfalls on the Potomac River in Maryland and Virginia
- Also known as: “Great Falls of the Potomac”, “Great Falls of the Potomac River”, “Great Falls Potomac River”, and “Patowmeck Falls”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Olmsted Island.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
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.
Olmsted Island
Islet
Olmsted Island is a small island in the middle of the Potomac River in the U.S. state of Maryland, near Great Falls which is a part of C & O Canal National Historical Park, located across the river from Great Falls Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Falls and Potomac.
Great Falls
Potomac
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 3½ miles southeast of Great Falls.
Great Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.99769° or 38° 59′ 52″ north
Longitude
-77.25287° or 77° 15′ 10″ west
Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)
Height
46 feet (14 metres)
Open location code
87C4XPXW+3V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Great Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Russian—“Great Falls” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պոտոմակի մեծ ջրվեժներ”
- Catalan: “Cascades Great (Potomac)”
- Catalan: “Cascades Great”
- Danish: “Great Falls”
- German: “Great Falls of the Potomac River”
- Hebrew: “המפלים הגדולים (נהר הפוטומק)”
- Hebrew: “המפלים הגדולים”
- Polish: “Great Falls”
- Russian: “Великие водопады Потомака”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Great Falls”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Great Falls and Potomac Ridge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great Falls Overlook and Great Falls Overlook 1.
Montgomery County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Rockville, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, and Silver Spring.
Curious Waterfalls to Discover
Uncover intriguing waterfalls from every corner of the globe.