Carderock Substation

Carderock Substation is an electrical substation in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Carderock Substation is situated nearby to Naval Surface Warfare Center Fire Station, as well as near the picnic site Carderock Recreation Area.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carderock Recreation Area and David Taylor Model Basin.

Carderock Recreation Area

Picnic site

Carderock Recreation Area is a 100-acre park in Carderock, Maryland, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The area is well known as a destination for its outdoor activities of rock climbing, hiking and biking. Carderock Recreation Area is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Carderock Substation.

David Taylor Model Basin

Industrial building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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. David Taylor Model Basin is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Carderock Substation.

Lock 14

River

Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.

Lock 14 is a river.

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

Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Carderock Springs Historic District is situated 2 miles northeast of Carderock Substation.

Cabin John

Village

Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.… Cabin John is situated 2 miles east of Carderock Substation.

Carderock Substation

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

38.97674° or 38° 58′ 36″ north

Longitude

-77.19623° or 77° 11′ 46″ west

Operator

Potomac Electric Power Company

Open location code

87C4XRG3+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 333741855

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Naval Surface Warfare Center Fire Station and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

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