National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA is a scientific research base in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA is situated nearby to Christman Park, as well as near the suburb Kentlands.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Metropolitan Grove station and Christman Park.

Metropolitan Grove station

Railway station

Photo: Lorax, CC BY 4.0.

Metropolitan Grove is a passenger rail station in Gaithersburg, Maryland on the MARC Brunswick Line. The Brunswick line runs between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, WV. Metropolitan Grove station is situated 1 mile northwest of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.

Christman Park

Park

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Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory

Monument

Photo: BobDrzyzgula, Public domain.

The Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory on DeSellum Avenue in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It was established in 1899 as part of a system of six International Latitude Observatories to precisely measure the wobble of the Earth's rotating axis. Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory is situated 1 mile east of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kentlands and Gaithersburg.

Kentlands

Suburb

Photo: Jdmalouff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kentlands is a neighborhood of the U.S. city of Gaithersburg, Maryland. Kentlands was one of the first attempts to develop a community using Traditional Neighborhood Design planning techniques that are now generally referred to under the rubric of the New Urbanism.

Gaithersburg

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Gaithersburg is a city of 70,000 people in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a suburb of Washington, D.C.…

Washington Grove

Village

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Washington Grove is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The population was 505 at the 2020 census. The Washington Grove Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Washington Grove is situated 2½ miles east of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

Type: Scientific research base
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.13672° or 39° 8′ 12″ north

Longitude

-77.21792° or 77° 13′ 5″ west

Elevation

459 feet (140 metres)

Open location code

87F44QPJ+MR

GeoNames ID

10290922

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