Overview
Glenmont is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a suburb of Washington D.C.
3 sights · 9 things to do · 6 places to eat · 1 bars & cafés
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Best things about Glenmont
John F. Kennedy High School Cavaliers Football
Westover
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 locat…
Brookside Gardens
Beautiful and expansive botanic gardens. Visit the butterfly pavilion in the summer months—otherwise just take the opportunity for a romantic stroll.
Matthew Henson Trail
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-m…
Northwest Branch and Rachel Carson Greenway Trail
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 …
Beall Family Cemetery
Small historic family cemetery of the prominent Beall family, which owned a large estate in this area since at least 1716. Headstones date as far back as 1831. The cemetery is still owned today by the Beall family.
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: Apr–Oct. Summer highs reach about 90°F; winter lows dip to about 30°F. Very hot (Jul) — plan outdoor time for mornings. Wettest: Jul and Jun. (climate data from nearby Washington, D.C.)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- DCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington — 15 mi away (major hub). Directions
- BWI Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore — 21 mi away (major hub). Directions
Glenmont is served by WMATA and is the last station on the Red Line. Glenmont Metro station is along Georgia Ave, in the middle on the town.
Full “Get in” guide ↓Budget & where to stay
No prices are listed for this place yet. See the Sleep guide ↓ for options.
Sample 3-day itinerary
Day 1
- Morning Beall Family Cemetery, Annual Songkran Festival at Wat Thai Buddhist Temple
- Lunch Passion Bakery Cafe
- Afternoon Layhill Village Park, Matthew Henson Trail
- Dinner Pollo Brasero
- Evening Stained Glass Pub
Day 2
- Morning Glenfield Park, Saddlebrook Park
- Lunch Irene's Pupusería
- Afternoon Wheaton Regional Park, Wheaton/Glenmont Outdoor Pool
- Dinner Don Pollo
Day 3
- Morning John F. Kennedy High School Cavaliers Football, Brookside Gardens
- Lunch sweetFrog
- Afternoon Northwest Branch and Rachel Carson Greenway Trail, Westover
- Dinner Azucar Restaurant Bar and Grill
Stops are grouped by area so each day needs little backtracking. Check opening hours before you go.
Food for you
Cuisine (tap to filter)
What to ask about, for your diet
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Understand
Glenmont has many gentle hills, streams, and parks. Glenmont's 13,500 residents come from all parts of the world.
History
The village of Glenmont (sometimes spelled Glenmount) in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries contained a few houses and small farms lining the Washington-Brookville Turnpike, as Georgia Avenue was then called. The area had a post office since at least 1900.
Glenmont's first school opened in 1926. Located on present-day Georgia Avenue, the school served students from Glenmont, Aspen Hill, Layhill, and Wheaton.
The area remained largely undeveloped until after World War II, when suburbanization began with the construction of subdivisions in Glenmont. Commercial and residential development began transforming the rural area known as Glenmont in 1949 with two major developments, Glenmont Village, and Glenmont Forest.
In 1947 the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission built the 189-foot (58-m) tall Glenmont Water Tower, which is a multi‐columned elevated water tank with a 500,000-gallon (1,900,000-L) capacity.
Get in
By Metrorail
Glenmont is served by WMATA and is the last station on the Red Line. Glenmont Metro station is along Georgia Ave, in the middle on the town.
By car
The major streets running through Glenmont are Georgia Avenue, Randolph Road, Layhill Road. The area where they converge is the center of Glenmont.
Get around
By bus
Metrobus and Ride-on-Bus operate service around Glenmont and to other areas of Montgomery County.
See
See Westover
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.
Do
Parks and gardens
Do Matthew Henson Trail (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.
Do Northwest Branch and Rachel Carson Greenway Trail
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.
Do Wheaton/Glenmont Outdoor Pool
Outdoor pool complex with a 6-lane, 50-m main pool; an 8-lane, 25-m swim course with one-meter and half-meter diving boards; a shallow-water leisure pool with fountains, sprays, and children's slides; an activity pool with 2 flume slides and crosswalks; a tot pool for infants; a snack bar; and a bathhouse.
Do Wheaton Regional Park
Established in 1958, this is a 538-acre regional park with a playground, picnic areas, miniature train rides, carousel rides, stocked lake for fishing, botanical gardens, nature center, hiking trails, riding stables, campground, ice skating (year-round), tennis courts, covered fields, and a dog park.
Events
Eat
Eat Azucar Restaurant Bar and Grill
Lively neighborhood restaurant serving food from all over Latin America.
Eat Don Pollo
Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken and traditional entrees.
Eat Irene's Pupusería
A nice place to take the family for a meal, with walls of big comfy diner-style booths. This restaurant is the local hub for the Honduran community, so there are a bunch of dishes on the menu, like the baliadas (a sort of Honduran burrito) that you won't find at the other Salvadoran restaurants. Beyond the great pupusas and baliadas, the terribly unhealthy fried plantains with creme are incredible, as are the atoles, a creamy hot chocolate-style dessert drink (non alcoholic, and without chocolate) made from corn meal with all the spices you'd expect of a pumpkin pie.
Eat Passion Bakery Cafe
Delicious pastries, cookies, coffee, and espresso. Also has some light breakfast and lunch items.
Eat Pollo Brasero
Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken and traditional entrees.
Eat sweetFrog
Create your own soft-serve frozen yogurt treat with numerous flavors and toppings from which to choose.
Drink
Drink Stained Glass Pub
Comfortable neighborhood bar and restaurant with sports on television, weekly karaoke and trivia, pub food, and many beers on tap.
Sleep
Glenmont does not have any hotels. Silver Spring is just south on Georgia Ave and the Metrorail Red Line, and has plenty of nice hotels.
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