Middle Patuxent River

Middle Patuxent River is a river in Howard, Maryland. Middle Patuxent River is situated near the neighborhood Huntington, as well as near Columbia Commons.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Savage Mill Historic District and Lake Elkhorn.

Savage Mill Historic District

Park

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

The Savage Mill Historic District is a national historic district located at Savage, Howard County, Maryland. The district comprises the industrial complex of Savage Mill and the village of workers' housing to the north of the complex.

Lake Elkhorn

Lake

Photo: Jstuby, CC0.

Lake Elkhorn is a 37-acre reservoir located in the Owen Brown area of Columbia, Maryland. It is Columbia's third and largest lake. Its main features are a small dam and a park with a picnic pavilion and a two-mile walking path around the lake.

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

University

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC is a not-for-profit, United States Navy-sponsored, University-Affiliated Research Center in Howard County, Maryland, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Savage and Laurel.

Savage

Photo: Jonboy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Savage is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Howard County, Maryland, United States, approximately 18 miles south of Baltimore and 21 miles north of Washington, D.C. It is situated close to the city of Laurel and to the planned community of Columbia.

Laurel

Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Laurel is a city of 30,000 people in Prince George's County, Maryland. Largely residential, the city maintains a historic district centered on its Main Street, highlighting its industrial past.

North Laurel

Village

Photo: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

North Laurel is a census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. The published population was 25,379 at the 2020 census. North Laurel is adjacent to the City of Laurel, which is located across the Patuxent River in Prince George's County.

Middle Patuxent River

Type: River
Category: body of water
Location: Howard, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.154° or 39° 9′ 15″ north

Longitude

-76.8496° or 76° 50′ 59″ west

Open location code

87F55532+J5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 964155444

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=river

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Huntington and Columbia Commons.

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