Great Falls Observation Platform
Great Falls Observation Platform is a scenic viewpoint in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Great Falls Observation Platform is situated nearby to Washington Aqueduct Intake, as well as near the canal Lock 20.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Great Falls Tavern.
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.
Great Falls Tavern
Tourism office
Great Falls Tavern is a historic building in Montgomery County, Maryland, in the United States. Located at mile 14.3 along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath, it is today used by the National Park Service as one of its five visitor centers in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
Lock 19
Canal
Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.
Lock 19 is a canal, which is situated 850 feet south of Great Falls Observation Platform.
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
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 Observation Platform.
Great Falls Observation Platform
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Category: tourism
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.00097° or 39° 0′ 4″ northLongitude
-77.24872° or 77° 14′ 55″ westOpen location code
87F42Q22+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1507363822OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Washington Aqueduct Intake and Lock 20.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Washington Aqueduct Gatehouse No. 1 and Comfort Station.
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