Lock 10
Lock 10 is a river in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Lock 10 is situated nearby to the neighborhood Cabin John Park, as well as near the locality Cabin Oak Hill.Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.
- Type: River
- Description: lock in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “C&O Canal Lock 10”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Central Intelligence Agency and Kryptos.
Central Intelligence Agency
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Kryptos
Work of art
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia.
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 McLean and Potomac.
McLean
Photo: Beltway Photos, CC BY 2.0.
McLean is a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. located in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the southern United States of America.
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.
Bethesda
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Bethesda is in Montgomery County, Maryland, 1½ miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Wealthy and well-educated, Bethesda is best known for its numerous restaurants and as the headquarters of the National Institutes of Health.
Lock 10
- Categories: dam, lock, body of water, tourism, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.9723° or 38° 58′ 20″ northLongitude
-77.1686° or 77° 10′ 7″ westOpen location code
87C4XRCJ+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 137852549OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverWikidata ID
Q34863517
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In Other Languages
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Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cabin John Park and Cabin John.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Lock 9.
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