Golf in Potomac

Potomac is Montgomery County's wealthiest community, an unincorporated area along the Potomac River gorge where estate properties and premium residential compounds occupy forested terrain above the C&O Canal. Three golf facilities anchor the Potomac golf landscape: TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, a PGA Tour-associated layout on historic farm property; Bethesda Country Club; and Falls Road Golf Course, the county's accessible recreational option. The river gorge section here—with Great Falls a few miles west and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal corridor providing protected parkland along the river—gives Potomac a natural landscape quality extraordinary for a community this close to Washington. The Great Falls National Park and the Maryland side's Billy Goat Trail attract hikers and climbers from across the metropolitan area, making Potomac a destination for outdoor recreation well beyond its golf facilities.