Montgomery County, Maryland
Potomac Real Estate and Local Guide
An affluent unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County that grew from the rural farming settlement of Offutt's Crossroads into an upscale suburb of Washington, D.C.
Living in Potomac
Regularly ranked among the wealthiest communities in the United States and included on Bloomberg's 2019 list of America's richest places. Source: wtop.com
Homes in Potomac
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Potomac home
Great Falls Tavern
Early-1800s tavern on the C&O Canal that now serves as a National Park Service visitor center and museum near the Great Falls of the Potomac
Perry Store
Restored 1902 general store building in Potomac Village that was relocated in 1986
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National park along the Potomac River whose Great Falls area offers a falls overlook, canal boat landing, and towpath
Billy Goat Trail
4.7-mile hiking trail along the Potomac River within the C&O Canal park, with its rugged Section A on Bear Island accessed from Great Falls Tavern
Potomac areas to know
Potomac Village
Commercial and geographic focal point at the intersection of Falls Road and River Road