Carderock Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area

Carderock Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland which is located on 80th Place. Carderock Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area is situated nearby to the neighborhood Cabin John Park, as well as near the locality Cabin Oak Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Central Intelligence Agency and Lock 14.

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.

Lock 14

River

Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.

Lock 14 is a river.

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

Photo: Russ, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Carderock Springs Neighborhood Conservation Area

Type: Nature reserve
Address: 6615 80th Place, Cabin John, MD 20818
Category: recreation area
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.9779° or 38° 58′ 41″ north

Longitude

-77.1666° or 77° 9′ 60″ west

Elevation

144 feet (44 metres)

Operator

Montgomery Parks

Open location code

87C4XRHM+58

OpenStreetMap ID

way 374791242

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cabin John Park and Cabin Oak Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cabin John Post Office and Washington Aqueduct Bridge No. 3.

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