Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is a canal in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is situated nearby to the industrial building David Taylor Model Basin, as well as near the waterfall Stubblefield Falls.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include David Taylor Model Basin and Lock 14.
David Taylor Model Basin
Industrial building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The David W. Taylor Model Basin is one of the largest ship model basins—test facilities for the development of ship design—in the world. DTMB is a field activity of the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center. David Taylor Model Basin is situated 860 feet north of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
Plummers Island
Islet
Photo: Every-leaf-that-trembles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plummers Island is a 12-acre Potomac River island in Montgomery County, Maryland, about nine miles upriver from Washington, D.C. The Washington Biologists' Field Club has called the island "the most thoroughly studied island in North America".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carderock and Cabin John.
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.
Cabin John
Village
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cabin John is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 2,459. Overlooking the Potomac River, it is a suburb of Washington, D.C.… Cabin John is situated 1½ miles east of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
Carderock Springs Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carderock Springs Historic District is a national historic district located at Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland. The district encompasses 275 modernist houses located northwest of Bethesda. Carderock Springs Historic District is situated 1½ miles northeast of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
- Type: Canal (intermittent)
- Category: body of water
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.97218° or 38° 58′ 20″ northLongitude
-77.19011° or 77° 11′ 24″ westOpen location code
87C4XRC5+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1102705602OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=canalOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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