RIVER HILL, COLUMBIA, MARYLAND

'River Hill' is the last village to be developed in the new town of Columbia, Maryland, though its mailing address is in Clarksville. It is home to about 6,500 residents. It is bounded by Maryland Route 108 and Maryland Route 32, and is centered on Trotter Road. The village is divided into two neighborhoods: Pheasant Ridge and Pointers Run, which are much more conventional in design than earlier neighborhoods in Columbia.
The original plan called for the village to be connected to the rest of Columbia via an extension of Little Patuxent Parkway. In addition, a dam on the Middle Patuxent River would have created a large lake in that watershed. However, with the rise of the environmental movement, a large part of the watershed was made into a park, and River Hill is largely disconnected from the rest of the city, accessing Columbia Town Center only by roads on the periphery of the city.

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Names

Shopping and Entertainment

Education

External links

Names

The street names come from the works of Walt Whitman and James Whitcomb Riley.

Shopping and Entertainment

Its village center provides several services, such as an athletic club(The Columbia Gym), Giant, McDonald's, Bagel Bin & Deli, Chicken Out Rotisserie, Ledo Pizza, Subway sandwich shop, The UPS Store, Chevy Chase Bank, a wine cellar, a dry cleaner, an optometrist, and Blockbuster Video.

Education

The public schools [1] serving the village include:

★ Elementary Schools

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★ Clarksville Elementary School

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★ Pointers Run Elementary School

★ Middle Schools

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★ Clarksville Middle School

★ High School

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★ River Hill High School

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★ Atholton High School

External links

★ River Hill Community Association

★ River Hill at Columbiavillagecenters.com

★ Technology Education at Clarksville Middle School