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A private home that was built in 1810. The house was built with one-foot-thick brick walls with ox blood-based mortar. It has remnants of slave quarters and an icehouse, Occupants drank water from a spring that was located where the Robin Hood Swim Club's pool is now. The water was filtered through a sand-filled channel called a race, pumped to the house with a hydraulic ram, and stored in a 40-foot-tall wood tower. A Queen Anne-style addition was built around 1890.
Sherwood Forest is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is roughly bounded by Randolph Road, Sherwood Forest Drive, Notley Road, the Intercounty Connector, and Northwest Branch Park.
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Hike through Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park along the Rachel Carson Greenway Trail Corridor's hard-surface and natural-surface trails. The trail begins in Glenmont and continues to Hyattsville, where it connects to the Anacostia River Trail. It begins with a 10-mile natural-surface trail, and it continues as a 2.7-mile hard-surface trail after the Beltway. The trail follows the Northwest Branch river edge, providing a feeling of walking through wilderness. The trail is planned to be extended further in the future. Bicycling is allowed only on the hard-surface trail; hiking is allowed everywhere.
Matthew Henson State Park
Matthew Henson Trail is an 8-foot-wide (2.5-m) hard-surface hiking/biking trail. The trail starts in Glenmont and continues 4.5 miles (7 km) to the Rock Creek Hiker-Biker Trail near Aspen Hill. The trail includes a 0.6-mile (1-km) wooden boardwalk through environmentally sensitive areas.
10-acre recreational park that has softball fields, tennis courts, a soccer pitch, a children's playground, and picnic areas.
Celebrate Thai New Year's Day with Thai food, Thai cultural shows, and Thai crafts.
Beautiful and expansive botanic gardens. Visit the butterfly pavilion in the summer months—otherwise just take the opportunity for a romantic stroll.