Clarks Branch
Clarks Branch is a neighborhood in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Clarks Branch is situated nearby to the neighborhood Potomac Forest, as well as near Black Riffles Estates.Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Falls and Great Falls Tavern.
Great Falls
Waterfall
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… Great Falls is situated 2 miles south of Clarks Branch.
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. Great Falls Tavern is situated 2 miles south of Clarks Branch.
Pennyfield Lock
Canal
Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.
The Pennyfield Lock and lockhouse are part of the 184.5-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that operated in the United States along the Potomac River from the 1830s through 1923. Pennyfield Lock is situated 2 miles northwest of Clarks Branch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Falls and Travilah.
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.
Travilah
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Travilah is a United States census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is 17.28 square miles located along the north side of the Potomac River, and surrounded by the communities of Potomac, North Potomac, and Darnestown—all census-designated places. Travilah is situated 3 miles north of Clarks Branch.
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.
Clarks Branch
- Type: Neighborhood
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.0287° or 39° 1′ 43″ northLongitude
-77.26219° or 77° 15′ 44″ westOpen location code
87F42PHQ+F4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1349643911OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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