Montgomery Parks
Montgomery Parks expands pickleball opportunities with the creation of six more dedicated pickleball courts at East Norbeck Local Park. A ribbon-cutting celebration will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 6–8 p.m., to highlight the new courts and welcome night-time play under the lights. (more…)
Montgomery Parks is inviting the public to celebrate the reopening of a popular park in downtown Bethesda as activity returns to renovated Caroline Freeland Urban Park
Montgomery Parks is addressing water pollution by implementing best practices to prevent contaminants from entering local waterways through stormwater runoff, as required by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
Montgomery Parks has announced Veterans Day weekend operating hours and programs, and Open Parkways hours change due to the end of daylight saving time.
Calling all builders, crafters and woodworkers. Montgomery Parks will hold its annual Urban Wood Sale on the weekend of November 9-10, 2024. The Urban Wood Sale will take place on Saturday and Sunday, November 9-10, 2024 from 8:00am until noon at Montgomery Parks’ Green Farm Maintenance Facility (8301 Turkey Thicket Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20879).
Montgomery Parks’ has announced its lineup of nature center programs for November. Per Montgomery Parks: (more…)
On Saturday, November 2, 2024, Montgomery Parks is commemorating the 160th Maryland Emancipation Day (November 4) with events at four of cultural sites:
Montgomery Parks’ historic Ovid Hazen Wells Carousel will provide its last ride at Wheaton Regional Park on Sunday, October 27, 2024. After that, the carousel, which has thrilled thousands of children, will be refurbished and relocated to its new home in Ovid Hazen Wells Recreational Park in Clarksburg. Tickets are still available for a nostalgic ride on the carved wooden horses.
The Maryland-National Capital Park Police is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the peripheral responsible for setting a fire at a Gaithersburg park last month.