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The Wharf is home to the Capital Yacht Club and some day-docks and live-aboard slips. [28] Water taxi service connects The Wharf to Georgetown, Alexandria, Virginia, and the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD. [29] Visitors may also take guided boat tours to view Washington attractions and monuments from the Potomac River.
Great Falls is a series of rapids and waterfalls on the Potomac River, 14 miles (23 km) upstream from Washington, D.C., on the border of Montgomery County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia. The Potomac and the falls themselves are legally entirely within Maryland , since the state's border follows the south bank of the river.
This chart displays the Annual Mean Discharge of the Potomac River measured at Little Falls, Maryland for Water Years 1931–2017 (in cubic feet per second). Source of data: USGS. [2] The average daily flow during the water years 1931–2018 was 11,498 cubic feet (325.6 m 3) /s. [2]
Maryland Route 189 (MD 189) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Falls Road, the highway runs 5.05 miles (8.13 km) from MD 190 in Potomac to Great Falls Road and Maryland Avenue in Rockville. MD 189 connects Rockville with Potomac and the Great Falls of the Potomac River in southwestern Montgomery County. The highway was ...
National Harbor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located along the Potomac River near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and just south of Washington, D.C. It originated as a 300-acre (1.2 km 2) multi-use waterfront development. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,509. [3]
Congress approved the construction of parkways on both sides of the Potomac River from Great Falls to Fort Washington and Mount Vernon in Maryland and Virginia, respectively, in 1930. [2] Construction on what was originally named the George Washington Memorial Parkway on the Maryland side of the Potomac River was underway by 1961. [5]
The Maryland land side of the gorge is Bear Island, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, and the Virginia side is part of Great Falls Park. Both parks are National Park Service sites. The gorge is named after Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service. The gorge is cut by the Potomac River and is ...
Montgomery County at Great Falls of the Potomac River: Rocky Islands: 54: Maryland: Montgomery County in Great Falls Park: Bear Island: 55: Maryland: Montgomery County at Great Falls Park: Sherwin Island (formerly Cupid's Bower Island) 56: Maryland: Montgomery County at Great Falls Park: Offutt Island: 57: Maryland: Montgomery County: Hermit ...