Little Falls, Glen Echo

Name: Little Falls
Address: Glen Echo, United States

#4 among attractions in Glen Echo

Waterfall, Nature, Natural attraction

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Little Falls is an area of rapids located where the Potomac River crosses the Atlantic Seaboard fall line where Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia meet. Descending from the harder and older rocks of the Piedmont Plateau to the softer sediments of the Atlantic coastal plain, it is the first upstream "cataract", or barrier, to navigation encountered on the Potomac River. It may be viewed from the heavily trafficked Chain Bridge, about a half mile downstream. It is named in contradistinction to Great Falls, about 5 miles further upstream. ()

Coordinates: 38°56'16"N, 77°7'20"W

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BrookmontGlen Echo United States

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Little Falls – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chain Bridge, Washington Aqueduct, Fort Sumner, Locks on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

0.7 miSE
Bridge
Chain Bridge, Washington D.C.
18 min walk • The Chain Bridge is a viaduct which crosses the Potomac River at Little Falls in Washington, D.C. The steel girder bridge carries close to 22,000 cars a day. It connects Washington with affluent sections of Arlington and Fairfax counties in Virginia. On the Washington side, the bridge connects with Canal Road.
0.4 miE
Bridge
Washington Aqueduct, Washington D.C.
11 min walk • The Washington Aqueduct is an aqueduct that provides the public water supply system serving Washington, D.C. and parts of its suburbs.
1.2 miN
Forts and castles
Fort Sumner, Bethesda
31 min walk • Fort Sumner was built during the American Civil War by the Union Army in the Brookmont section of Bethesda, Maryland, just northwest of Washington, D.C.
~690 ftN
Canal
Locks on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
4 min walk • The Locks on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, located in Maryland, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. of the United States, were of three types: lift locks; river locks; and guard, or inlet, locks.
1.2 miSE
Colonial revival architecture
Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House, Washington D.C.
31 min walk • The Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. is a two-story, brick Colonial Revival style house built in 1955, with a screened porch and a one-car garage.
1.1 miSE
Neighbourhood
Potomac Heights, Washington D.C.
27 min walk • Potomac Heights is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. overlooking the Potomac River from MacArthur Boulevard westward.
1.1 miSE
Neighbourhood
The Palisades, Washington D.C.
30 min walk • The Palisades, or simply Palisades, is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. along the Potomac River, running roughly from the edge of the Georgetown University campus to the D.C.-Maryland boundary. MacArthur Boulevard is the main thoroughfare that passes through the Palisades.