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Agricultural History Farm Park: Derwood: Montgomery: Capital: website, operated by Montgomery Parks the 455-acre complex with a historic farm site and a modern farming activity center Battle Creek Cypress Swamp: Prince Frederick: Calvert: Southern: Nature Conservancy preserve and county park Bear Branch Nature Center: Westminster: Carroll ...
In Maryland, most of the northern Rock Creek watershed has good to excellent water quality, according to studies conducted by the county government. In 2004, to preserve water quality in partially developed areas, the county imposed restrictions on development (i.e., designation of "Special Protection Areas") in parts of this sub-watershed. [ 6 ]
Lake Needwood is a 75-acre (300,000 m 2) reservoir in Derwood, Maryland, United States. Located east of Rockville , in the eastern part of Montgomery County , it is situated on Rock Creek . The lake was created by damming Rock Creek in 1965 with the goal of providing flood control and reducing soil erosion .
Derwood was first recognized in the 1880s as a train stop on the B&O Railroad, which is now the intersection of Indianola Drive and Maryland Route 355 in Derwood Station. [4] A second, larger railroad station was built in Derwood from 1886 to 1889. In the early 1900s, a small community grew up around the station.
The Rachel Carson Greenway is a planned 25-mile stretch of trails, spanning from the historic Adelphi Mill in Prince George's County north through eastern Montgomery County, Maryland to Patuxent River State Park, and incorporating existing Northwest Branch trails
Oxon Creek is a stream on the Potomac River which feeds a cove that straddles the border between Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland just north of Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway) at Woodrow Wilson Bridge. [2] [3] Oxon Creek heads at the confluence of Oxon Run and Barnaby Run, sometimes referred to as Winkle Doodle Run. [4]
Lake Bernard Frank (also Lake Frank), is a 54-acre (220,000 m 2) reservoir on the North Branch of Rock Creek in Derwood, Maryland, U.S., just east of Rockville.In the late 1960s it was renamed after Bernard Frank, a wilderness activist and a co-founder of The Wilderness Society. [2]
Former Chautauqua Assembly site (1891) and amusement park: 35: Glenview Farm: Glenview Farm: October 10, 2007 : 603 Edmonston Dr. Rockville: Current Neo-Classical Revival mansion built in 1926 around the remnants of a smaller house dating to 1838. 36