ATTRACTIONS & RECREATION OUTDOOR RECREATION Clustered Spires Golf Course Capital Region Germantown ARTS & CULTURE BlackRock Center for the Arts 12901 Town Commons Dr, Germantown, 301-528-2260 www.blackrockcenter.org Arts center hosting high-quality performances, free gallery exhibitions and arts education classes in a welcoming and intimate setting. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, 10am-5pm. d OUTDOOR RECREATION Gathland State Park 900 Arnoldstown Rd, Jefferson, 301-791-4767 www.dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/western/ gathland.aspx Home of Civil War journalist George Alfred Townsend and War Correspondents Memorial at the site of Crampton’s Gap and the Battle of South Mountain. 8am-sunset. 8415 Gas House Pike, Frederick, 301-600-1295 www.clusteredspiresgolf.com Clustered Spires is a great conditioned golf course with wonderful greens and considered the best value golf course in the Capital Region. d $ c HISTORY & HERITAGE Button Farm Living History Center 16820 Black Rock Rd, Germantown, 301-916-7090 www.buttonfarm.org Maryland’s only living history center depicting 19th-century slave plantation life and the heroic story of the Underground Railroad retold. Kensington ATTRACTIONS Washington D.C. Temple Visitors Center Gambrill State Park 8602 Gambrill Park Rd, Frederick, 301-271-7574 www.dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/western/ gambrill.aspx Premier hiking and biking trails with High Knob area nature center featuring Civic Conservation Corps history, memorial bronze statue and a garden. Apr-Oct: 8am-sunset; Nov-Mar: 10am-sunset. Glen Echo ATTRACTIONS Glen Echo Park Lake Arbor 9900 Stoneybrook Dr, Kensington, 301-587-0144 www.lds.org/locations/washington-dc-temple-visitors-center?lang=eng Center featuring a Christus statue, films and exhibits on the life of Christ and explanations of church beliefs; offers free admission, guided tours. 10am-9pm. d Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium 21 Stadium Dr, Frederick, 301-662-0013, 1-877-8-GO-KEYS www.frederickkeys.com Home to the Frederick Keys, a Class A baseball affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, with a fun and friendly atmosphere for group or family gatherings. Apr-Sept: call for schedule. d Glenn Dale Dorsey Chapel 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, 301-634-2222 www.glenechopark.org This former retreat (1891) and amusement park hosts a 1921 Dentzel Carousel, ballroom dancing, arts studios, two children’s theaters and a playground.Call for schedule. d HISTORY & HERITAGE Northampton Plantation and Slave Quarters Lake Overlook Dr between Water Port Ct & Lake Overlook Pl, Northlake Residential Development, Lake Arbor, 301-627-1286 www.pgparks.com The site of two rebuilt foundations of former slave quarters and self-guided tours on the lives of enslaved and free African Americans (1790-1930). 6am-sunset. HISTORY & HERITAGE 10704 Brookland Rd, Glenn Dale, 240-264-3415 www.pgparks.com Built in 1900, this rural African-American church served as the religious and social center of the Brookland community for more than 70 years. Fri, 11am-4pm; or by appointment. Landover SPORTS FedExField SHOPPING Emporium Antiques 112 E Patrick St, Frederick, 301-662-7099 www.emporiumantiques.com Warehouse (c. 1918) filled with 130 quality antiques dealers and offering an exceptional variety of fine antiques. Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm; Sun, 12N-5pm. Closed major holidays. d Marietta House Museum Gaithersburg HISTORY & HERITAGE Gaithersburg Community Museum 9 S Summit Ave, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6160 www.gaithersburgmd.gov/leisure/museums History, trains and hands-on fun at a museum in Olde Towne Gaithersburg’s rail complex with indoor/outdoor interpretive local history exhibits. Tues-Sat, 10am-3pm; or by appointment. Greenbelt ATTRACTIONS 5626 Bell Station Rd, Glenn Dale, 301-464-5291 www.pgparks.com The home of Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall, interpreting three generations of 19th-century residents. Call for schedule. d $ Laurel 1600 FedEx Way, Landover, 301-276-6000 www.redskins.com One of the largest stadiums in the National Football League and home to the Washington Redskins, located northeast of Washington, D.C. d ATTRACTIONS National Wildlife Visitor Center Patuxent Research Refuge 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, 301-497-5763 www.fws.gov/refuge/patuxent Wildlife in its native habitat (forest, wetland, meadow) with interactive state-of-the-art exhibits and trails as well as a seasonal tram tour. 9am-4:30pm. Closed major holidays. d NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Museum 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, 301-286-8981 www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html Museum with unparalleled exhibition experiences, a key to past scientific knowledge and a window to the future frontiers of space exploration. 9am-4pm. HISTORY & HERITAGE Laurel Museum 817 Main St, Laurel, 301-725-7975 www.laurelhistoricalsociety.org Living museum and exhibits of Laurel’s history inside an 1840s mill worker’s house with research library, museum shop and group tours by appointment. Feb-Dec: Sun, 1-4pm; Wed, Fri, 10am-2pm; or by appointment. Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Fire Museum HISTORY & HERITAGE Greenbelt Museum 15 Crescent Rd, Greenbelt, 301-507-6582 www.greenbeltmuseum.org Explore history at a 1930s suburban New Deal experimental planned community built by President Franklin D. Roosevelt; walking/group tours available. Historic House: Sun, 1-5pm; or by appointment; Exhibit Room: 9am-9pm; closed Christmas and New Year’s Day. 13 E Diamond Ave, Gaithersburg, 301-646-1222 www.gwgvfd.org/content/museum Museum hosting a restored Diamond-T 1941 pumper firetruck as well as uniforms, badges, department logs, radios and other items dating to the 1920s. Sat, 10am-2pm. d OUTDOOR RECREATION Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Rd, Gaithersburg, 301-924-2127 www.dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/central/ seneca.aspx More than 30 miles of hiking/biking trails set along 16 miles of Seneca Creek, including the 90-acre Clopper Lake, Black Rock Mill and exhibits. Mar-Oct: 8am-sunset; Nov-Feb: 10am-sunset. Closed Christmas Day. d $ c Ijamsville ATTRACTIONS Montpelier Mansion/Historic Site Whiskey Creek Golf Club SHOPPING Lakeforest Shopping Center 701 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg, 301-670-0599 www.shoplakeforest.com Find one of the most complete selections of stores, eateries and services with more than 140 shopping choices. 10am-9pm. Jefferson 4804 Whiskey Ct, Ijamsville, 301-694-2900, 1-888-883-1174 www.whiskeycreekgolf.com Bordered by hardwoods and a creek, the golf club is a scenic green with springs, streams, stone walls, wetlands and dramatic Catoctin Mountain views. Year-round. d 9650 Muirkirk Rd, Laurel, 301-377-7817 history.pgparks.com/3044/montpelier-mansion-historic-site Georgian-style estate offering teas, exhibits, craft nights, festivals, gardens with a boxwood maze and 70 scenic acres with an original summerhouse. Thur-Tues, 11am-3pm. $ SPORTS Laurel Park Rt 198 & Racetrack Rd, Laurel, 301-725-0400 www.laurelpark.com Maryland Jockey Club and a Thoroughbred track (dating to 1911) offering a premier locale for live horse racing and simulcasting. Live racing: Jan-Mar, Sept-Dec; Year-round simulcasting; call for schedule. d $ ATTRACTIONS Distillery Lane Ciderworks 5533 Gapland Rd, Jefferson, 301-834-8920 www.distillerylaneciderworks.com Maryland’s first producer of hard cider at a historic farm near Burkittsville with more than 3,000 apple trees harvested for eating, baking and cider. Sat-Sun, 12N-5pm. d DESTINATION MARYLAND ✥ 123
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