Seneca Quarry
Seneca Quarry is a historic site located at Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on the north bank of the Potomac River, just west of Seneca Creek.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Garrettpeck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: historical Seneca red sandstone quarry in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Potomac Red Sandstone Company”, “Potomac Red Sandstone Quarry”, “Seneca Mill And Quarry ruins”, “Seneca Red Stone Quarries”, and “Seneca Stone Company”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riley’s Lock and Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C..
Riley’s Lock
River
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Riley's Lock and lock house are part of the 184.5-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that operated from the 1830s through 1923 along the Potomac River in the United States.
Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C.
Golf course
Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C. is an 800-acre private golf club in the eastern United States, at Lowes Island in Potomac Falls, Virginia, northwest of Washington, D.C. It is part of the Trump chain of golf clubs that includes clubs in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Bedminster. Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C. is situated 1 mile south of Seneca Quarry.
The River of Blood
Monument
The River of Blood is a monument installed at the Trump National Golf Club in Lowes Island, Virginia in 2015, which purports to mark an American Civil War battle site. The River of Blood is situated 3,800 feet southeast of Seneca Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seneca and Lowes Island.
Seneca
Hamlet
Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seneca is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is located near the intersection of River Road and Seneca Creek, not far from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Potomac River.
Lowes Island
Village
Lowes Island is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 10,756. Along with nearby Countryside and Cascades, it is considered one of the three main components of the Potomac Falls community. Lowes Island is situated 2 miles south of Seneca Quarry.
Cascades
Village
Cascades is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 11,912. Along with nearby Countryside and Lowes Island, it is considered one of the three main components of the Potomac Falls community within Sterling, Virginia. Cascades is situated 2½ miles southwest of Seneca Quarry.
Seneca Quarry
- Categories: quarry, mine, and historic site
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.07009° or 39° 4′ 12″ northLongitude
-77.34399° or 77° 20′ 38″ westOpen location code
87F43MC4+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 3965245890OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7450328
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Seneca Quarry” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Seneca Quarry”
- French: “carrière de Seneca”
- French: “Seneca Quarry”
- German: “Seneca Quarry”
- Slovenian: “Seneca Quarry”
- Spanish: “Seneca Quarry”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Calleva Maryland and Driving Range.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Riley’s Lock Parking and C&O Canal National Park Seneca Landing Picnic Area.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Seneca Quarry”. Photo: Garrettpeck, CC BY-SA 3.0.