How to get fromFrederick to Potomacby train, bus, car or taxi

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There are 4 ways to get from Frederick to Potomac by train, bus, car, or taxi

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Train, bus
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1. Take the train from FREDERICK MARC eb to ROCKVILLE MARC ebMarc
2. Take the bus from Rockville+Bay A to Falls Rd+River RdM82
1h 43m
$5–13
Bus
1. Take the bus from Frederick Marc Station to SHADY GROVE & station515
2. Take the bus from Rockville+Bay A to Falls Rd+River RdM82
1h 58m
$7–9
Drive 32.8 mi
1. Drive from Frederick to Potomac32.8 mi
42 min
$6–9
Taxi
1. Take the taxi from Frederick to Potomac32.8 mi
42 min
$95–120

Frederick to Potomac by train and bus

15Weekly Services

1h 43mAverage Duration

$5Cheapest Price

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Distance: 45.8 mi
Duration: 1h 43m

What companies run services between Frederick, MD, USA and Potomac, Montgomery County, MD, USA?

You can take a bus from Frederick Marc Station to Falls Rd+River Rd via SHADY GROVE & station, Shady Grove, Red Line Center Platform, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform, and Rockville+Bay A in around 1h 58m.

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Potomac, United States(opens in a new window)

Potomac (listen) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 47,018. It is named after the nearby Potomac River. - Wikipedia (opens in a new window)

Things to do in Potomac

Great Falls Park(Opens in a new window)

Great Falls Park is a small National Park Service (NPS) site in Virginia, United States. Situated on 800 acres (3.65 km2) along the banks of the Potomac River in northern Fairfax County, the park is a disconnected but integral part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. The Great Falls of the Potomac River are near the northern boundary of the park, as are the remains of the Patowmack Canal, the first canal in the United States that used locks to raise and lower boats.

Arlington National Cemetery(Opens in a new window)

Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., in whose 624 acre the dead of the nation's conflicts have been buried, beginning with the Civil War, as well as reinterred dead from earlier wars. The United States Department of the Army, a component of the United States Department of Defense (DOD), controls the cemetery.

Billy Goat Trail(Opens in a new window)

The Billy Goat Trail is a 4.7 mi hiking trail that follows a path between the C&O Canal and the Potomac River within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park near Great Falls in Montgomery County, Maryland. The trail has three sections: Section A, the northernmost, is 1.7 mi; Section B is 1.4 mi; and Section C, the southernmost, is 1.6 mi

Washington Monument(Opens in a new window)

The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, once commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States. Located almost due east of the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial, the monument, made of marble, granite, and bluestone gneiss, is both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk, standing 554 ft tall according to the National Geodetic Survey (measured 2013–14) or 555 ft tall according to the National Park Service (measured 1884). It is the tallest monumental column in the world if all are measured above their pedestrian entrances.

Places to stay in Potomac

Bolger Hotel and Conference Center(Opens in a new window)

10.0Exceptional

Embassy Suites by Hilton Bethesda Washington DC(Opens in a new window)

8.7Fabulous

Canopy By Hilton Washington DC Bethesda North(Opens in a new window)

8.7Fabulous

EVEN Hotel Rockville - Washington, DC Area by IHG(Opens in a new window)

8.0Good

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