Glen Echo, Maryland
Glen Echo is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, that was chartered in 1904.
Glen Echo is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, that was chartered in 1904. The population was 279 at the 2020 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Glen Echo, Maryland
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information is part of the National Library of Medicine, a branch of the National Institutes of Health. It is approved and funded by the government of the United States.
4.8 km · database arm of the US National Library of Medicine · Wikipedia - 02United States National Library of Medicine
The United States National Library of Medicine, operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library. Located in Bethesda, Maryland, the NLM is an institute within the National Institutes of Health.
4.7 km · medical library operated by the U.S. federal government · Wikipedia - 03American University
The American University is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Its main campus spans 90 acres on Ward Circle, in the Spring Valley and Tenleytown neighborhoods of Northwest D.C. American was chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893 at the urging of Methodist bishop John Fletcher Hurst, who sought to create an institution that promoted public service, internationalism, and pragmatic idealism.
5.8 km · private liberal arts and research-based university in Washington, D.C., USA · Wikipedia - 04Kryptos
Kryptos is a sculpture by the American artist Jim Sanborn located on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia. Since its dedication on November 3, 1990, there has been much speculation about the meaning of the four encrypted messages it bears.
1.8 km · encrypted sculpture by American artist Jim Sanborn · Wikipedia - 05National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.
5.4 km · US research institute for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases · Wikipedia - 06Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, located in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland, encompasses a canal and towpath trail extending 184.5 miles along the Potomac River from the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland. The park was established in 1961 as a National Monument by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to preserve the neglected remains of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and many of its original structures.
5.9 km · National Historical Park located in the District of Columbia and the states of Maryland and West Virginia · Wikipedia - 07CIA Memorial Wall
The Memorial Wall is a memorial at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia. The wall is located in the Original Headquarters Building lobby on the north wall.
1.9 km · memorial to CIA employees · Wikipedia - 08George Washington Memorial Parkway
The George Washington Memorial Parkway, colloquially the G.W. Parkway, is a 25-mile-long limited-access parkway that runs along the south bank of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, northwest to McLean, Virginia, United States, and is maintained by the National Park Service. It is located almost entirely in Northern Virginia, except for a short portion of the parkway northwest of the Arlington Memorial Bridge that passes over Columbia Island in Washington, D.C. The parkway is separated into two sections joined by Washington Street in Alexandria.
5.9 km · 7,142-acre parkway in Virginia and the District of Columbia in the United States, that is maintained by the National Park Service · Wikipedia - 09Ward Circle
Ward Circle is a traffic circle at the intersection of Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues in Northwest, Washington, D.C. The circle, totaling 30,243 sq ft, is owned and administered by the National Park Service through its Rock Creek Park unit. On three sides is the campus of American University, while the fourth is occupied by the Nebraska Avenue Complex, a U.S. government facility.
5.8 km · traffic circle and park in Northwest, Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia - 10Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Washington
The Archdiocese of Washington is a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America. Its territory includes parishes, monasteries, and missions located in Washington, D.C., southern Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
3.8 km · diocese of the Orthodox Church in America · Wikipedia
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Getting to Glen Echo, Maryland
- Airports
- Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 16 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 27 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 47 km
- Stations
- Medical Center, 5.1 km · Tenleytown–AU, 5.8 km · Friendship Heights, 4.9 km
- Baltimore → Glen Echo, Maryland58 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · $6–8
- Richmond → Glen Echo, Maryland160 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · $14–20
- Philadelphia → Glen Echo, Maryland202 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · $18–25
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No local-transport research exists yet for Glen Echo, Maryland
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Glen Echo, Maryland. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inOn the weekends, you can take Ride On bus #29 to Glen Echo and start hiking north from there, but it is a significantly longer trek to Great Falls.
- Get inAlthough it is also possible to kayak or canoe the Potomac through the park, make sure you know what you're doing—the rapids are very dangerous, especially around Great Falls, and many people drown every year.
- Go nextAmong the most important are Harpers Ferry, just across the Potomac in West Virginia, and Antietam National Battlefield.
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Next door to Glen Echo, Maryland
Glen Echo, Maryland is 12 km from Washington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- McLeancensus-designated place and unincorporated community in Virginia, United States5.3 km
- Spring Valleyneighborhood in Washington, D.C.4.8 km
- Tenleytownneighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C.5.9 km
- American University Parkneighborhood in Washington, D.C.4.9 km
- Grant Road Historic Districthistoric district in Washington, D.C., United States5.8 km