The Palisades
The Palisades is a neighborhood in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. The Palisades is situated nearby to the locality Carderock, as well as near the neighborhood Eagle Ridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lock 14 and David Taylor Model Basin.
David Taylor Model Basin
Industrial building
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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.
Plummers Island
Islet
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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 Carderock Springs Historic District.
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.
Carderock Springs Historic District
Neighborhood
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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.
Cabin John
Village
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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.…
The Palisades
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.97867° or 38° 58′ 43″ northLongitude
-77.18855° or 77° 11′ 19″ westOpen location code
87C4XRH6+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1501243154OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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