Colesville-Burtonsville Areas generally thought of as either a part of Silver Spring or a sort of hinterlands of it, the parts of Montgomery County along Colesville Rd and New Hampshire Ave have some good off-the-beaten-path restaurants and a few obscure attractions, such as the National Capital Trolley Museum. |
Gaithersburg A fair sized city in the northwest of the county with a charming Old Town district and a B&O Railroad museum. |
Germantown A fairly large, albeit unremarkable, city, home to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the BlackRock Center for the Arts. |
Olney A pleasant laid back town surrounded by rolling pastoral landscapes dotted with Quakers, and a notable performing arts center. |
Potomac In a remarkably affluent county, Potomac nonetheless stands out as a remarkably affluent community, most of it covered by quiet suburban mansions, and home to some upscale retail as well as Great Falls in the C&O Canal National Park along the Potomac River. |
Rural Montgomery County Rolling farmland, forests, sprinkled with small towns like Damascus, Poolesville, Darnestown, and Clarksburg. |