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Universities and colleges in Montgomery County, Maryland (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Montgomery County, Maryland" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
This list of Maryland state parks includes the state parks and state battlefields listed in the Maryland Department of Natural Resources's current acreage report. [1] Generally, the Maryland Park Service, a unit of and under the authority of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is the governing body for these parks, although some ...
Mountain Lake Park: 7: James Drane House: James Drane House: January 11, 1985 : Accident-Bittinger Rd. Accident: 8: Fuller-Baker Log House: Fuller-Baker Log House: February 12, 1971 : 0.5 miles west of Grantsville on U.S. Route 40
The park consists of open fields of grass, large trees, paved walkways, historic battle sites, a lake, playgrounds, athletic fields, a swimming pool, an ice skating rink and other signature attractions and buildings. [3] At 137 acres (0.55 km 2), Patterson Park is not the city's largest park; however, it is nicknamed "Best Backyard in Baltimore ...
The Maryland State General Assembly passed a bill creating a five-member Park Commission in 1918. Three years later, a swamp in the park was drained creating Lower Lake. And in 1924, Mr. and Mrs. Singer donated the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts to City Park. [2] The park project was designed by landscape architect George Burnap. [3]
The Hideaway is the latest hot spot from celebrity party producers Jeffrey Best and Ken Jones of Best Events, as well as nightlife titans JT Torregiani, Sylvain Bitton and David Jarrett of Warwick.
The lake was constructed in the late 1850s after the city's 1854 purchase of the assets of the privately owned Baltimore Water Company, (founded 1805), following a long political controversy about the company's failure to extend water lines and service into the then outlying areas of town after the most recent annexation of 1818 which moved the city's northern boundary to then-called Boundary ...
In 1877, the site was opened as an amusement park and resort area by the Western Maryland Railway (WM). [1] During the summer months the railroad offered frequent train service on its "Blue Mountain Express" from Baltimore to Pen Mar. [2]: 244–6 The WM also ran trains from Hagerstown, Maryland, to Pen Mar. [3]