Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area

Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Birch Drive Neighborhood Conservation Area is situated nearby to the suburb Montgomery Hills, as well as near the neighborhood Linden.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Washington D.C. Temple and National Museum of Health and Medicine.

Washington D.C. Temple

Church

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The Washington D.C. Temple is the 16th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in Kensington, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., and the Capital Beltway, it became the church's first temple east of the Mississippi River since the original Nauvoo Temple, completed in 1846.

National Museum of Health and Medicine

Museum

The National Museum of Health and Medicine is a museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. The museum was founded by U.S. Army Surgeon General William A.

Kensington station

Railway station

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Kensington station is a passenger railroad station at 10417 Howard Avenue in Kensington, Maryland, United States. Opened by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1891, the Kensington station is today served by MARC Train's Brunswick Line, which makes 15 weekday scheduled stops at Kensington, plus one flag stop on Fridays.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silver Spring and Kensington.

Silver Spring

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Silver Spring is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is considered to be an "edge city". It sits next door to Washington, DC, and had about 82,000 residents in 2018.

Kensington

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Kensington is a suburb of Washington, D.C. in the Capital Region of Maryland with a population of about 2,100 people in 2020. The main reasons to visit are antique shopping at Antique Row, to see the enormous Mormon Temple, and one great pizza place.