Rockville

Worth seeing in and around Rockville

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.

1. 01
   National 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.

   9.2 km · US research institute for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Washington D.C. Temple

   The Washington D.C. Temple is the 16th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in Kensington, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., and the Capital Beltway, it became the church's first temple east of the Mississippi River since the original Nauvoo Temple, completed in 1846.

   9.9 km · temple of the LDS church · Wikipedia
3. 03
   J. Craig Venter Institute

   The J. Craig Venter Institute is a nonprofit genomics research institute founded by J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. in September 2004. The institute was the result of consolidating four organizations: the Center for the Advancement of Genomics, The Institute for Genomic Research, the Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives, and the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation Joint Technology Center.

   5.5 km · American research institute · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Maryland's 8th congressional district

   Maryland's 8th congressional district is a congressional district located entirely in Montgomery County. Adjacent to Washington, D.C., the 8th district takes in many of the city's wealthiest inner-ring suburbs, including Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac.

   9.5 km · U.S. House district in Maryland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Glenstone

   Glenstone is a private contemporary art museum in Potomac, Maryland, founded in 2006 by American billionaire Mitchell Rales and his wife Emily Wei Rales. The museum's exhibitions are drawn from a collection of about 1,300 works from post-World War II artists around the world.

   9.7 km · American private art museum in Potomac, Maryland, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Holton-Arms School

   Holton-Arms is an independent college-preparatory school for girls in grades 3–12, located in Bethesda, Maryland. As of the 2021–22 school year, there were 667 students and 94 faculty.

   9.8 km · independent college-preparatory school for girls in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

   The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development is one of the National Institutes of Health in the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

   9.1 km · human development research institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Georgetown Preparatory School

   Georgetown Preparatory School is a Jesuit college-preparatory school in North Bethesda, Maryland for boys in ninth through twelfth grade. It has a 93-acre campus which are used for student life.

   6 km · Jesuit university-preparatory school in North Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Brookside Gardens

   Brookside Gardens is a 54-acre public display garden located in Wheaton Regional Park, at 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. The gardens feature two conservatories and a variety of distinct garden areas.

   9.4 km · public botanical gardens located in Wheaton Regional Park, in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States · Wikipedia
10. 10
    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

    The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, a member of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language. The institute also conducts and supports research and research training related to disease prevention and health promotion; addresses special biomedical and behavioral problems associated with people who have communication impairments or disorders; and supports efforts to create devices which substitute for lost and impaired sensory and communication function.

    9.2 km · member institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health · Wikipedia

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Getting to Rockville

Airports

Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 27 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 31 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 42 km

Stations

Shady Grove, 4.8 km · Grosvenor–Strathmore, 6.6 km · Twinbrook, 2.7 km · Medical Center, 9.9 km

• Baltimore → Rockville

  52 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · $5–7
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• Richmond → Rockville

  172 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · $15–21
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• Philadelphia → Rockville

  196 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · $18–24
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