Bethesda, Maryland

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Bethesda is located in Montgomery County.

Bethesda is 90 feet [27.43 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Bethesda lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Bethesda can be found in:

While we we don't have population counts for Bethesda, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Bethesda).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008<3> Population	Change Since 2000
	Bowie	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	52,544	4.53% increase
	College Park	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	26,925	9.2% increase
	Gaithersburg	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	58,744	11.65% increase
	Greenbelt	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	21,098	1.67% decrease
	Laurel	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	22,329	11.87% increase
	Rockville	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	60,734	28.16% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Bethesda.

The Commemorative Quarter for Maryland<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Bethesda. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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