National Harbor, Maryland
CDP
About National Harbor
National Harbor is a small unincorporated community in southern Maryland.
Officially, National Harbor is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.27 square miles.
📰 National Harbor News Today
- AI company chooses National Harbor for HQ expansion Maryland Daily Record · Aug 18
- Road rage shooting suspect due in court FOX 5 DC · Aug 14
- Governor Moore Announces Cloudforce Chooses Maryland for Major AI Platform Expansion, Bringing 250 New Jobs to the State The Office of Governor Wes Moore (.gov) · Aug 12
- Site Plans Reveal New Details for Proposed Sphere at National Harbor TicketNews · Aug 17
- AI company Cloudforce expanding at National Harbor The Baltimore Banner · Aug 17
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes National Harbor Unique
- The only place in America named National Harbor — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in National Harbor
📍 Brooke Manor📍 Fort Foote Village📍 Kerby Hill📍 Murray Hill📍 North Potomac Vista📍 Potomac Vista📍 River Bend Estates📍 River Ridge Estates📍 South Lawn
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in National Harbor
- Nando's — chicken
- Public House National Harbor
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Bobby McKey's
- Bombay Street Food — pan asian
- Bond 45 — italian
- Brother Jimmy's BBQ — barbecue
- Cadillac Ranch Grill
- Fiorella Pizzeria e Cafe — italian
- Fogo de Chão — brazilian
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Spirit Park Carousel · Attraction
- Arts’tination · Art gallery
- The Capital Wheel at National Harbor · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in National Harbor
- Fort Foote Park reviews ★
- Fort Foote Recreation Center reviews ★
- Betty Blume Park reviews ★
- Potomac Vista Recreation Area reviews ★
- Spirit Park reviews ★
- Tor Bryan Estates Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaryland
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.27 sq mi
Coordinates38.7832, -77.0081