Destinations · Maryland
New Carrollton
MD · 38.9664, -76.8767
From New Carrollton, Maryland, Byway's registries place 11 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Understand
New Carrollton is built on the former estate of a horse racing figure, Edward L. Mahoney. After Mahoney's death in 1957, the land was acquired by developer Albert W. Turner, who sought to create a planned suburb. He had received a charter for a City of Carrollton from the Maryland General Assembly four years earlier, on April 11, 1953.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Star-Spangled Banner Byway · 1 mi
- Booth's Escape · 9 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway · 11 mi · national
- Old Georgetown Pike · 15 mi
- Roots and Tides Byway · 17 mi
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway · 18 mi
Lookouts
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Viewing Area · 12 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 13 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 2 · 13 mi
Named places
- World War II Memorial · 2 mi
- Hamilton Cemetery · 2 mi
- College Park Aviation Museum · 3 mi
- College Park Airport · 3 mi
- Site of College Park Airport · 3 mi
- Riversdale House Museum · 3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial · 3 mi
- Lake View · 3 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Greenbelt · 2 mi
- Berwyn Heights · 3 mi
- College Park · 3 mi
- Hyattsville · 4 mi
- Beltsville · 5 mi
- Mount Rainier · 5 mi