Mather Gorge

Mather Gorge is a memorial in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Mather Gorge is situated nearby to the river rafting ride Wet Bottom, as well as near the bridge Stop Gate.

Places of Interest Nearby

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, which is situated 2,300 feet north of Mather Gorge.

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 east of Mather Gorge.

Mather Gorge

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.99245° or 38° 59′ 33″ north

Longitude

-77.24886° or 77° 14′ 56″ west

Open location code

87C4XQR2+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13629016535

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wet Bottom and Stop Gate.

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