East-West Highway Neighborhood Conservation Area

East-West Highway Neighborhood Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. East-West Highway Neighborhood Conservation Area is situated nearby to the neighborhood Columbia Forest, as well as near West Chevy Chase Heights.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and National Institutes of Health.

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

University

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The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is a health science university and professional school of the U.S. federal government. The primary mission of the school is to prepare graduates for service to the U.S. at home and abroad as uniformed…

National Institutes of Health

Research institute

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The National Institutes of Health is the primary agency of the United States federal government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in 1887 and is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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.