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.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”
- Address: 13205 Tschiffely Mill Road, Poolesville, MD 20837
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 clubhouse, an 82-foot swimming pool, an indoor tennis center, and a fitness center. Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C. is situated 1 mile south of Seneca Quarry.
Sharpshin Island
Islet
Sharpshin Island is an island on the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, near Algonkian Regional Park. It is 5.3 acres in area, but is very narrow, measuring only 50 ft across at its broadest point.
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. As of the 2020 census, Lowes Island had a population of 11,023. 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.
Sugarland Run
Village
Sugarland Run is a planned community and census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population at the 2010 census was 11,799. Sugarland Run is situated 3 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
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 The River of Blood.
Nearby Places
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