Potomac, Maryland Travel Information

A Tale of Two Neighborhoods: Kalorama and Adams-Morgan The Yin-and-Yang neighborhoods of Kalorama and Adams–Morgan, where high society bumps up against Ethiopian restaurants and all-night dance clubs, crystallize the kind of contrast that makes D.C. such ... Washington, DC

Arlington & Arlington County, VA Arlington County is on the west bank of the Potomac River, just across from the nation’s capital, where it enjoys all the advantages of its close proximity to the center of government and internationa... Arlington, VA

Blade Runners: National Zoo on Skates In-line skating is one of your better sports for couples. You can hold hands. If one of you falls down—bound to happen —the other can provide solace. And it’s a great way to sightsee in Washington. Yo... Washington, DC

Capitol Hill and Northeast Washington, D.C. When Pierre L’Enfant was asked by George Washington to find a site for “the Congress House,” he selected Jenkins Hill, an elevation with a commanding view of the future capital, a place he told Washin... Washington, DC

Capitol Ideas: The Hill Capitol Hill, aka The Hill, isn’t all lobbyists, hearing rooms, and civics lessons. It’s a vibrant urban community, chock-full of romantic restaurants and shopping to go with modern-day legislative ba... Washington, DC

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Around Avenel Ramble: A Piece of Potomac (Distance: 1.6 mi) Far from my tie-dyed, gritty town of Takoma Park (“where old hippies go to die’’) lies a land of horse farms and houses the size of small hotels, five-car garages, and home squash courts. It’s Potomac...

Potomac, MD - Road Biking - length:14 mi

Great Falls Park, MDChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park (Distance: 3.3 mi) A public relations effort by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas in 1954 saved the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and towpath from a different fate: The National Park Service had proposed paving the r...

Potomac, MD - Hiking - length:9.1 mi

Riverbend Park (Distance: 3.4 mi) This small, compact Fairfax County park sits on a deep bend in the Potomac River north of Great Falls and protects some of the globally rare natural communities that have in recent years made the Poto...

Potomac, MD - Hiking - length:10 mi

C&O Canal Towpath: Carderock to Great Falls (Distance: 3.5 mi) From 1850 to 1924, the 185-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal carried boat traffic between Washington, DC, and Cumberland, Maryland. Mule teams plodding along a towpath powered the boats. The US governmen...

Bethesda, MD - Hiking - length:11.7 mi

Goldmine Loop Trail (Distance: 3.5 mi) Tucked in the meandering, wooded hills of the sprawling yet understated multimillion-dollar estates of Great Falls, just outside Washington, DC, is the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park. ...

Potomac, MD - Rail-Trails - length:3.2 mi

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Falls Road Falls Road Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6289 yards, par 71 0.9 miles from center of Potomac, Maryland

Blue Congressional Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 7245 yards, par 70 1.7 miles from center of Potomac, Maryland

Gold Congressional Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6588 yards, par 70 1.7 miles from center of Potomac, Maryland

Bethesda Bethesda Country Club Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 6674 yards, par 70 1.9 miles from center of Potomac, Maryland

Avenel TPC Potomac At Avenel Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 7124 yards, par 70 2.1 miles from center of Potomac, Maryland

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