Acorn Park
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For the place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, see Cambridge Discovery Park.
Acorn Park is a 0.1247-acre (500-square-metre) urban park in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, which features an acorn-shaped gazebo and an artificial grotto.[1] The site is historically significant as it is thought to be the location of the "mica-flecked spring" that in 1840 inspired Francis Preston Blair to name his estate "Silver Spring".[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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Acorn Park | |
Type | Urban park |
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Coordinates | 38°59′23″N 77°01′44″W |
Area | 0.1247 acres (0.050 hectares) |
Established | 1942; 82 years ago (1942) |
Etymology | Acorn–shaped gazebo |
Owned by | Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M–NCPPC) |
Administered by | Montgomery Parks |
Open | Sunrise to sunset |
Public transit access | |
Website | MontgomeryParks.org/Parks-and-Trails/Acorn-Urban-Park |
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Acorn Park is located at the intersection of East-West Highway and Newell Street.