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Silver Spring (WMATA station)

Silver Spring is a Washington Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line. It is the first station in Maryland on the eastern end of the line, and is the second-busiest Metro station in Maryland after Shady Grove. It is co-located with a MARC commuter rail station.

Located at 38.9938, -77.0313 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Shepherd Park

Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.

Located at 38.9844, -77.033 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.

Woodside Park (Silver Spring, Maryland)

Woodside Park is a neighborhood located in Silver Spring, Maryland, in the United States.

Located at 38.9997, -77.0333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Montgomery County, Maryland, Silver Spring, Maryland

North Portal Estates

North Portal Estates is an affluent residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. that forms the northernmost corner of the District of Columbia. North Portal Estates is bounded by North Portal Drive to the south, East Beach drive to the west and northwest, and Rock Creek Park to the northeast. It is not set on any major thoroughfare in the city, although North Portal Drive is accessible via a rotary intersection on 16th Street NW.

Located at 38.9935, -77.0404 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.

Colonial Village

Colonial Village is an affluent residential neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Portal Drive to the north, 16th Street to the east, and Rock Creek Park to the west and south. Colonial Village and the rest of Ward 4 are represented in the Council of the District of Columbia by Muriel Bowser. The neighborhood is suburban in character, full of winding streets, detached houses on large lots, and open space.

Located at 38.9877, -77.0424 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Rock Creek Gardens

Rock Creek Gardens is an affluent residential neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C. , bounded by West Beach Drive to the east and northeast, Parkside Drive to the south and southwest, and Rock Creek Park to the northeast. West Beach and Parkside also abut the park, making Rock Creek Gardens the only neighborhood in the city to be surrounded entirely by Rock Creek Park, hence its name.

Located at 38.9887, -77.0455 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Acorn Park

Acorn Park is a 0.12-acre urban park in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, which features an acorn-shaped gazebo and an artificial grotto. The site is historically significant as it is thought to be the location of the "mica-flecked spring" that in 1840 inspired Francis Preston Blair to name his estate "Silver Spring". Acorn Park is located at the intersection of East-West Highway and Newell Street.

Located at 38.9896, -77.029 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Parks in Montgomery County, Maryland

Woodside (Silver Spring, Maryland)

Woodside is a neighborhood located in Silver Spring, Maryland, in the United States.

Located at 39.0017, -77.0372 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Montgomery County, Maryland, Silver Spring, Maryland

Lowell School (Washington, D.C.)

Lowell School is an independent, co-educational Pre-Primary through 8th Grade school located in the Colonial Village neighborhood of Washington, D.C. With an innovative, thematic curriculum that is active, collaborative and rigorous, Lowell fosters learning, embraces diversity and offers an inclusive community that celebrates the strengths of each child.

Located at 38.9852, -77.0386 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Association of University Centers on Disabilities

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) is an American institution that operates in the disability field, instituted after the Community Mental Health Act of 1963. Currently, AUCD is a network that represents 67 University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) in every state and territory in the United States.

Located at 38.9943, -77.0285 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Coastline (sculpture)

Coastline is an outdoor sculpture by American artist Jim Sanborn installed at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration complex in Silver Spring, Maryland. Coastline attempts to recreate the effect of waves crashing on the Atlantic coast (represented by rough-cut granite). This is achieved with artificial waves generated by a turbine and pneumatic blower underneath the sculpture.

Located at 38.9915, -77.0297 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1996 Silver Spring, Maryland train collision

The 1996 Silver Spring, Maryland train collision occurred on February 16, 1996, when a MARC commuter train collided with Amtrak's Capitol Limited passenger train in Silver Spring, Maryland. There were 175 passengers and 16 crew members on the Amtrak train and 20 passengers and 3 crew members on board the MARC train at the time of the accident. The collision killed 11 people on the MARC train including 8 passengers and 3 crew.

Located at 39.0005, -77.0419 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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