River Road Shale Barrens Conservation Park

River Road Shale Barrens Conservation Park is a nature reserve in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. River Road Shale Barrens Conservation Park is situated near the neighborhood Vistas at Lansdowne, as well as near Lansdowne Woods of Virginia.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Selden Island and Lock 25.

Selden Island

Island

Selden Island is a 408-acre island in the Potomac River, located about 32 km WNW of Washington, D.C., United States. It is about 4 kilometres long and 0.4–0.5 kilometres wide.

Lock 25

Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.

McLean Bible Church

Church

Photo: Gravada, CC BY-SA 4.0.

McLean Bible Church is an evangelical megachurch based in Vienna, Virginia. It is a multi-site church, with several locations in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lansdowne and University Center.

Lansdowne

Village

Lansdowne is a census-designated place and planned community located near Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lansdowne had a population of 12,427.

University Center

Village

University Center is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, University Center had a population of 3,969. Mailing addresses in the community are for Ashburn.

Countryside

Village

Photo: Brookeln, Public domain.

Countryside is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Countryside had a population of 10,418. It is located approximately 27 miles northwest of Washington and is bounded by the Potomac River to the north, and by Route 7 to the south.

River Road Shale Barrens Conservation Park

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.0922° or 39° 5′ 32″ north

Longitude

-77.4401° or 77° 26′ 24″ west

Open location code

87F43HR5+VX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 374791582

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Vistas at Lansdowne and Lansdowne Woods of Virginia.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Walton Pond and Field 3.

Montgomery County: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Rockville and Bethesda.

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