Wood Acres Substation

Wood Acres Substation is an electrical substation in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland which is located on Avalon Drive. Wood Acres Substation is situated nearby to Glen Echo Heights Neighborhood Park, as well as near Concord-Saint Andrews United Methodist Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United States National Library of Medicine and Lock 7.

United States National Library of Medicine

Library

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The United States National Library of Medicine, operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library. Located in Bethesda, Maryland, the NLM is an institute within the National Institutes of Health. United States National Library of Medicine is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wood Acres Substation.

Lock 7

River

Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.

Lock 7 is a river.

Central Intelligence Agency

Military installation

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The George Bush Center for Intelligence is the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, located in the unincorporated community of Langley in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, near Washington, D.C. The headquarters is a conglomeration of the Original Headquarters Building and the New Headquarters Building and sits on a total of 258 acres of land. Central Intelligence Agency is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wood Acres Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glen Echo and Greenwich Forest.

Glen Echo

Village

Photo: Ben Walther, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glen Echo is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, that was chartered in 1904. The population was 279 at the 2020 census.

Greenwich Forest

Neighborhood

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Greenwich Forest is a residential community in Bethesda, Maryland, between Old Georgetown Road, and Bradley Boulevard. Dating from the early 20th century, Greenwich Forest is a suburban neighborhood combining architectural design with the natural environment. Greenwich Forest is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wood Acres Substation.

Somerset

Suburb

Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.

Somerset is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located near the border with Washington, D.C. The population was 1,187 at the 2020 census. Somerset is situated 1½ miles east of Wood Acres Substation.

Wood Acres Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Address: 6311 Avalon Drive, Bethesda, MD 20816
Categories: building and industry
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.97041° or 38° 58′ 14″ north

Longitude

-77.12897° or 77° 7′ 44″ west

Operator

Potomac Electric Power Company

Open location code

87C4XVCC+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 137776195

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Glen Echo Heights Neighborhood Park and Concord-Saint Andrews United Methodist Church.

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