Caroline Freeland Park

7200 Arlington Road between Hampden La and Elm St, Bethesda, MD. On the block between Bethesda Library and Giant food. (map)

A small neighborhood park with a playground, lots of benches and picnic tables under the trees.

It seems like this park serves two purposes. There is a small play area for neighborhood kids, then there is a shady section with lots of benches and picnic tables, perfect for people who work in the area and want to eat outside. For such a small park, there is a large variety of trees, almost every one is a different species.

The park was named for the first female chairman of the Maryland-National Capital Park and planning Commision, which she led from 1963 to 1971.

User Comments

New mulch on the playground

(by Unverified User: Edward)

They just put a new layer of mulch down in Feb 08.

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Detailed park inventory

Playground Equipment

	Quantity	Condition	Description
Baby Swings	2	good
Standard Swings	2	good
Straight slides	2	good
Covered slides	1	good
Things to climb on	1	good	The three slides all come off a platform that has a couple of ways for kids to climb up it.
Things to bounce on	2	good	A horse and an ATV

Relaxing/Picnicing

	Quantity	Condition	Description
Benches	7	good
Picnic Tables	8	good	About half are small four person ones and the other half are standard picnic table sized.
Gazebos	1	good

Environment

	Quantity	Condition	Description
Grass	yes	good
Trees	yes	good
Sun	yes		only a little, a raised mound near one of the entrances.
Shade	yes	good	Lots of trees, also some of the benches are under a pergola.

Other

	Quantity	Condition	Description
water fountain	yes	good	It works. Doesn't have a water chiller.
trash cans	2

External links

Montgomery County Department of Parks
Montgomery County Department of Parks
Obituary for Caroline Freeland (died October 4, 2007)

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