The Mica

The Mica is an apartment building in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. The Mica is situated near Silver Spring, as well as near the government office NOAA Science Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Silver Spring station and Silver Spring Metro Station.

Silver Spring station

Railway station

Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Silver Spring station is a former train station on the Metropolitan Subdivision in Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland. It was built in 1945 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the foundation of a previous station, a Victorian-style brick structure built in 1878. Silver Spring station is situated 930 feet east of The Mica.

Silver Spring Metro Station

Metro station

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Silver Spring station is a train station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line of the Washington Metro and the Brunswick Line of the MARC Train commuter rail system. Silver Spring Metro Station is situated 1,600 feet north of The Mica.

AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

Movie theater

Photo: Kate Mereand, CC BY 2.0.

AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is a three-screen movie theater complex in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, north of Washington, D.C. It is operated by the American Film Institute. AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is situated 2,700 feet north of The Mica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silver Spring and Shepherd Park.

Silver Spring

Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Silver Spring is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is considered to be an "edge city". It sits next door to Washington, DC, and had about 82,000 residents in 2018.

Shepherd Park

Neighborhood

Photo: thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.

Colonial Village

Neighborhood

Photo: Egunt07, CC BY 3.0.

Colonial Village is an area in northwest Washington, D.C., built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the Moore House, where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.

The Mica

Type: Apartment building
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.98951° or 38° 59′ 22″ north

Longitude

-77.03026° or 77° 1′ 49″ west

Levels

Height

181 feet (55 metres)

Open location code

87C4XXQ9+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 60613775

OpenStreetMap feature

building=apartments

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Silver Spring and NOAA Science Center.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: The Argent Apartments and Acorn.

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