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MANOR PARK
Residents say Manor Park, located
off Georgia Avenue and Norbeck
Road, is part neighborhood, part
social club. Many of the residents
who live in the neighborhood’s
roughly 350 homes belong to
Manor Country Club, which hosts
low-key trivia nights and beer
tastings, in addition to an annual
black-tie party in December. But
you don’t have to join the country
club to enjoy community events,
such as the Great Oak-toberfest
held every fall.
OLD FARM
Located in a sweet spot
straddling Rockville and North
Bethesda, Old Farm has more
than 500 single-family houses,
which tend to be colonials and
split-levels. Many of the homes
cost under $800,000, and the
majority sit on at least a quarter
of an acre, allowing families with
children room for swing sets and
playground equipment. The Old
Farm Swim and Paddle Tennis
Club is a popular option.
ROCKSHIRE
This planned community of more
than 750 single-family homes
and town houses developed in
the 1970s sits just off Interstate
270 along Darnestown Road and
Wootton Parkway. Residents say
they like the easy access to the
county’s main interstate highway
and the community’s quiet,
tree-lined streets. The 106-acre
Woottons Mill Park, which has
walking paths, fitness equipment
and playing fields, anchors the
community. The Rockshire pool is
a popular summer gathering spot
for families.
TILDEN WOODS
Prices for the few hundred
homes—primarily ramblers,
split-levels and bilevels—in
Tilden Woods tend to run lower
than in most parts of North
Bethesda. Built in the early
1960s, the neighborhood is
not far from the Pike & Rose
shopping district and numerous
stores on Rockville Pike. It’s also
close to I-270 and three Metro
stations—Grosvenor-Strathmore,
White Flint and Twinbrook. Tilden
Woods Local Park makes up a
chunk of the neighborhood and
includes a creek, a bike path
and a playground.
WEST END
Washington attorney Henry
Copp marketed the West End
Park subdivision as “Peerless
Rockville” when he first
developed it in the 1890s.
Many of the grand Victorian
homes he built are still part
of the neighborhood, now
known simply as “West End.”
In addition to the history and
architecture, residents like the
location—between Interstate
270 and Rockville Town
Square—which offers easy
access to the Rockville Metro
station.
WILLOWS
Residents of the 701 homes
in Willows of Potomac—417
houses and 284 colonial-style
town houses built between 1997
and 2004—don’t have to wander
far for entertainment. Residents
often find plenty to do in this
quiet residential community
among the community center,
which residents can rent to
host parties and other events;
the pool, which is home to
the Willows of Potomac Water
Dragons Swim Team in the
summer; and the tennis courts.
“[North Bethesda is] a little bit of an enclave. You’ve got everything in
Bethesda, connected to
the south, and you’ve got
everything happening up
in White Flint and Rockville
to the north. Grosvenor
Park itself is really pretty.
There are lots of trees, and
it’s right across the street
from Rock Creek Park. I
go running there every
weekend.
Heather Dlhopolsky,
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