Rachel Carson House
The Rachel Carson House is a historic house in Colesville, Maryland, an unincorporated area near Silver Spring, Maryland. Built in 1956, this typical suburban ranch-style house was where writer Rachel Carson wrote her classic work Silent Spring in 1962.Photo: Eli.pousson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: where Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
- Address: 11701 Berwick Road, Silver Spring, MD
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include White Oak Library and Saint John the Baptist Church.
Saint John the Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States. It was established by the Archdiocese of Washington in 1960, and is dedicated to John the Baptist. Saint John the Baptist Church is situated 1 mile north of Rachel Carson House.
Kemp Mill Urban Park
Park
Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kemp Mill Urban Park is situated 1½ miles west of Rachel Carson House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include White Oak and Burnt Mills.
White Oak
Town
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
White Oak is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 16,347 in 2020. White Oak was known for its Naval Ordnance Laboratory, which was closed in 1994.
Burnt Mills
Village
Burnt Mills is a census designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 3,592.
Springbrook Forest
Neighborhood
Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Springbrook Forest is a neighborhood.
Rachel Carson House
- Categories: house, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.04681° or 39° 2′ 49″ northLongitude
-77.00049° or 77° 0′ 2″ westInception
January 1st, 1956Levels
1Open location code
87F42XWX+PROpenStreetMap ID
way 444335826OpenStreetMap feature
building=detachedOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7279188
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Rachel Carson House” goes by many names.
- French: “Rachel Carson House”
- Hebrew: “בית רייצ’ל קרסון”
- Swedish: “Rachel Carson House”
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