Potomac Palisades Conservation Park

Potomac Palisades Conservation Park is a nature reserve in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Potomac Palisades Conservation Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Glen Echo Heights, as well as near Fort Sumner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Central Intelligence Agency and Kryptos.

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.

Kryptos

Work of art

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia.

Lock 7

River

Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.

Lock 7 is a river.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bethesda and Upper Northwest.

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.

Upper Northwest

The neighborhoods of Washington, D.C.'s Upper Northwest rank among America's most wealthy and privileged. There are big attractions, including the outstanding National Zoo, the massive National Cathedral, American University, upscale shopping in Friendship…