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Silver Spring, Maryland

Silver Spring is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It had a population of 71,452 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth most populous place in Maryland, after Baltimore, Columbia, and Germantown. The urbanized, oldest, and southernmost part of Silver Spring is a major business hub that lies at the north apex of Washington, D.C.

Located at 38.9906, -77.0264 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Takoma (WMATA station)

Takoma is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line. It is the last station within the District of Columbia on the eastern end of the line.

Located at 38.9755, -77.0178 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Takoma Park Middle School

Takoma Park Middle School (TPMS) is a public middle school in Takoma Park in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. TPMS contains a total of 18 academic departments, as well as a specialized magnet program. The city of Takoma Park is assigned to this school. The school is notable for its magnet program, which draws students from both the Silver Spring area and across Montgomery County, and makes up approximately 30% of TPMS's student population.

Located at 38.9854, -77.0129 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Georgia Avenue

Georgia Avenue is a major north-south artery in Northwest Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland. Within the District of Columbia and a short distance in Silver Spring, Maryland, Georgia Avenue is also U.S. Route 29. Both Howard University and Walter Reed Army Medical Center are located on Georgia Avenue.

Located at 38.9847, -77.0266 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Washington, D.C., Roads in Montgomery County, Maryland, U.S. Route 29

Silverdocs

The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival is an American international film festival created by the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel. It is held every year in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, D.C.. Started in 2003, the festival is held for eight days in June at the AFI Silver and Discovery Communications World Headquarters. Silverdocs is dedicated to showcasing the best in documentary films.

Located at 38.9964, -77.0275 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Silver Spring International Middle School

Silver Spring International Middle School, also known as SSIMS, is a Montgomery County public school for students in grades 6, 7 and 8. Its campus used to belong to Montgomery Blair High School. Before attending Silver Spring International, students most likely came from Forest Knolls Elementary, Highland View Elementary, Rolling Terrace Elementary, and Sligo Creek Elementary.

Located at 39.0004, -77.0155 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Acorn Park

Acorn Park is a 0.12-acre urban park in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, which features an acorn-shaped gazebo and an artificial grotto. The site is historically significant as it is thought to be the location of the "mica-flecked spring" that in 1840 inspired Francis Preston Blair to name his estate "Silver Spring". Acorn Park is located at the intersection of East-West Highway and Newell Street.

Located at 38.9896, -77.029 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Parks in Montgomery County, Maryland

Top of the Park

Top of the Park is a community of historic townhouse condominiums located in Silver Spring, Maryland. It was built as an apartment complex in 1941 and converted into 2-and 3-bedroom condominiums in 1980. The 166 townhouses – all built of red brick in the Colonial Revival style – are nestled in a wooded area above Sligo Creek Park near Piney Branch Road, about a mile from downtown Silver Spring.

Located at 38.9983, -77.0083 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Maryland

Nora School

The Nora School is a small college preparatory high school in Silver Spring, Maryland. The school currently enrolls 60 students in grades 9-12, and employs 12 teachers. The curriculum is college preparatory with a focus on students who have previously been frustrated in school.

Located at 38.9903, -77.0253 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Takoma Park Police Department

The Takoma Park Police Department (TPPD) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing a population of 17,229 within 2.5 square miles of the municipality of Takoma Park, Maryland. Until July 1, 1997, the TPPD was aided by both the Prince George's County Police and the Montgomery County Police as the city was divided within the two counties. After that date, the municipality was moved to become contained entirely within Montgomery County by a move of the Maryland General Assembly.

Located at 38.9814, -77.01 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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City Place Mall

City Place Mall, at the intersection of Fenton Street and Colesville Road in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, is a 400,000-square-foot, five-story shopping mall that opened on April 2, 1992. It was formerly a Hecht Company department store, the first suburban Washington, D.C. , branch of that company, which opened in 1947; the downtown Silver Spring Hecht's closed when the Hecht's at Wheaton Plaza opened in 1987.

Located at 38.9964, -77.0269 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Academy of the Holy Names (Silver Spring, Maryland)

The Academy of the Holy Names (Silver Spring, Maryland), or AHN, was a Catholic girls college-preparatory high school located in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Located at 38.9992, -77.0225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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