Germantown Substation

Germantown Substation is an electrical substation in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Germantown Substation is situated near the town Clarksburg, as well as near the hamlet Boyds.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: BlackRock Center for the Arts and Germantown Library.

BlackRock Center for the Arts

Arts center

The BlackRock Center for the Arts, officially the Germantown Cultural Arts Center, is a cultural, visual and performing arts center in Germantown, Maryland. The center is named after the nearby historic Blackrock Mill. BlackRock Center for the Arts is situated 1 mile south of Germantown Substation.

Germantown Library

Library

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Germantown Library is situated 1 mile south of Germantown Substation.

Montgomery College Germantown Campus

College

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Montgomery College Germantown Campus is situated 1 mile southeast of Germantown Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Clarksburg.

Germantown

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Germantown is an urbanized census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. With a population of 91,249 as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous community in Maryland, after Baltimore and Columbia.

Clarksburg

Town

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Clarksburg is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in northern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is located at the northern end of the Interstate 270 technology corridor, approximately four miles north of Germantown. Clarksburg is situated 2½ miles north of Germantown Substation.

Boyds

Hamlet

Photo: Illegitimate Barrister, Public domain.

Boyds is an unincorporated community in exurban Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located approximately 27 miles north of Washington, D.C. Its ZIP Code is 20841. Boyds is situated 2½ miles west of Germantown Substation.

Germantown Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.19461° or 39° 11′ 41″ north

Longitude

-77.26367° or 77° 15′ 49″ west

Operator

Potomac Edison

Open location code

87F45PVP+RG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 168420825

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Waters Landing Local Park and Germantown Fire Station 29.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: New Life Dental and Earth Networks.

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