Point-of-Rocks, Maryland

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Baltimore. It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the east of Point-of-Rocks and has a population of 651,154 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Arlington (VA). It is located about 36 miles [57 km] to the southeast of Point-of-Rocks and has a population of 189,453 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bowie	SE	47 mi [75.6 km]	52,544	4.53% increase
	College Park	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	26,925	9.2% increase
	Frederick	NE	25 mi [40.23 km]	59,213	12.22% increase
	Gaithersburg	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	58,744	11.65% increase
	Greenbelt	SE	39 mi [62.8 km]	21,098	1.67% decrease
	Hagerstown	N	27 mi [43.45 km]	39,728	8.29% increase
	Laurel	E	38 mi [61.2 km]	22,329	11.87% increase
	Rockville	SE	24 mi [38.62 km]	60,734	28.16% increase
	Alexandria (VA)	SE	41 mi [66 km]	143,885	12.16% increase
	Fairfax (VA)	SE	32 mi [51.5 km]	23,844	10.91% increase
	Herndon (VA)	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	22,045	1.8% increase
	Leesburg (VA)	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	39,641	40.02% increase
	Manassas (VA)	S	36 mi [57.9 km]	35,205	0.2% increase
	Petersburg (VA)	SW	37 mi [59.5 km]	32,916	2.44% decrease
	Winchester (VA)	W	33 mi [53.1 km]	25,897	9.8% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Adamstown Village	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Ballenger Creek	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Barnesville	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	197	22.36% increase
	Boss Arnold Village	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Braddock Heights	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Brunswick	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	5,228	6.82% increase
	Burkittsville	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	186	8.77% increase
	Crestwood Village	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Manor Village	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Mountain Village	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Potomac Village	NE	Less than 2 mi	---
	Rosemont	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	310	13.55% increase
	Woodlawn Village	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Lovettsville (VA)	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	1,274	49.36% increase
	Lower Town (WV)	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	---

Frederick County

Point-of-Rocks is located in Frederick County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Frederick: Adams (PA), Carroll, Howard, Franklin (PA), Montgomery, Washington and Loudoun (VA).

While not sharing a border with Frederick, the following counties are close to Point-of-Rocks: Jefferson (WV), Clarke (VA) and Fairfax (VA).

Below are counties that are near Point-of-Rocks (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Point-of-Rocks:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Point-of-Rocks
	Baltimore County	E	Folly Farms	36 miles [57 km]
	Carroll County	E	Ridgeville	20 miles [32 km]
	Charles County	E	Kings Manor	33 miles [53 km]
	Howard County	E	Long Corner	20 miles [32 km]
	Montgomery County	SE	Spinks Ferry	5 miles [8 km]
	Prince George's County	SE	Adelphi	35 miles [56 km]
	Washington County	NW	Weverton	8 miles [12 km]
	Adams County (PA)	N	Fountain Dale (PA)	32 miles [51 km]
	Franklin County (PA)	N	Midvale (PA)	30 miles [48 km]
	Alexandria City (VA)	SE	Dowden Terrace (VA)	37 miles [59 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Maryland<3>

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