Great Falls of the Potomac, Maryland (MD), United States

Facts & Statistics
Place Name	Great Falls of the Potomac
Place Status (Type)	falls
Location	Maryland, United States, North America
Latitude	unknown
Longitude	unknown

Great Falls of the Potomac , in Potomac R. (here forming state line bet. Md. and Va.), c.15 mi/24 km WNW of Wash., D.C. A 3-mi/4.8-km-long series of cascades (greatest drop 35 ft/11 m) and rapids in 200-ft/61-m gorge. Sometimes known as Great Falls. Power dam here. Great Falls Park (140 acres/57 ha) is recreational area on both banks of river; sect. in Md. side is crossed by old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (now recreational waterway). A public mus. includes parts of an iron foundry and mill once owned by George Washington as well as the Great Falls Tavern. Nearby is the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Naval Reserach and Development Center, where ship models are tested.