Ballenger Creek is a 10.7-mile-long (17.2 km) tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The headwaters of the creek are located on the east slope of Catoctin Mountain, about 3 miles (5 km) west of the city of Frederick. The stream runs roughly southeast to the Monocacy National Battlefield and the confluence with the Monocacy River, which drains to the Potomac River.
Population: 18,274
Latitude: 39° 22' 21.36" N
Longitude: -77° 26' 6.94" W
Hawlings River is a 12.9-mile-long (20.8 km) tributary of the Patuxent River in Montgomery County, Maryland. The watershed covers an area of about 28 square miles (73 km2). The headwaters of the river originate in the area north of Laytonsville, and…
Green Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
Gamber is an unincorporated community located in Carroll County, Maryland. Gamber is located at the intersection of Maryland Route 91 and Maryland Route 32, near the border of Carroll and Baltimore Counties.
Fairplay is an unincorporated community not considered as a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is sometimes recognized along with neighboring Tilghmanton as Fairplay-Tilghmanton; the two communities share…
Discovery-Spring Garden is a former census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is the combination of the two communities of Discovery and Spring Garden.
Comus is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Its elevation is 591 feet (180 m).
Clover Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
Catoctin County is the name of a proposed new county in Northern Virginia that would be formed from the western portions of Loudoun County.
Maryland Route 17 (MD 17) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway begins at the Virginia state line at the Potomac River in Brunswick, where the highway continues south as Virginia State Route 287 (SR 287). MD 17 runs 29.…
Brownsville is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States, near Gapland in an area known as Pleasant Valley.
The Barnesville MARC Station in Barnesville, MD is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, WV (with and extension to Frederick, MD). It is located at 8 Beallsville Road (MD 109) in Barnesville, M…
The 14th New Jersey monument is a memorial monument located on the Monocacy battlefield in Frederick, Maryland that stands to honor the men of the volunteer force that protected the Monocacy Junction during the crucial winter of 1863-1864. Their hal…
Belvedere, also known as Belvidere, was built near Charles Town, West Virginia by Magnus Tate II in 1807. The Federal style mansion is situated at the end of a tree-lined driveway and commands a sweeping view of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Wolfsville is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
White's Ford was an important ford over the Potomac River during the American Civil War. It was used in many major actions, including the crossing into Maryland of the Confederate army prior to the Maryland Campaign and Confederate Major General J.E…
The Weinberg Center for the Arts (commonly Weinberg Center) is a venue located in Frederick, Maryland, USA that holds various showings of music, theatre, films and visual art. The theatre was built as the Tivoli Theatre by the Stanley-Crandall conce…
Virginius Island is an island on the Shenandoah River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The island is formed by the Shenandoah Canal, constructed by the Patowmack Company between 1806 and 1807, which separates it from the town of Harpers Ferry.
St. James is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,657 at the 2000 census. It is also the home of St.