Editing Silver Spring, Maryland (section)

===Parks and recreation===
[[Image:Silver spring acron park.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Acorn Park]], believed to be the site of the "silver spring", which proved the source of the location's name]]
Four major creeks run through Silver Spring: from west to east, they are [[Rock Creek (Potomac River tributary)|Rock Creek]], [[Sligo Creek]], Long Branch, and [[Northwest Branch Anacostia River|Northwest Branch]]. Each is surrounded by parks offering hiking trails, playgrounds, picnic areas, and tennis courts. On weekends, roads are closed in the parks for bicycling and walking.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://montgomeryparks.org/wildmontgomery/best_natural_areas/bna_northwest.branch.svp.shtm |title=Best Natural Areas – Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park |date=September 13, 2011 |publisher=Montgomery Parks |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423091543/http://montgomeryparks.org/wildmontgomery/best_natural_areas/bna_northwest.branch.svp.shtm |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |access-date=May 22, 2016}}</ref>

Northwest Branch Park also includes the Rachel Carson Greenway Trail, named after [[Rachel Carson]], the author of ''[[Silent Spring]]'' and a former resident of the area.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://old.montgomeryparks.org/PPSD/ParkTrails/trails_MAPS/documents/RCGW-signs-e-ledger.pdf |title=Educational Interpretive Signs |last=Montgomery County Parks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120242/http://old.montgomeryparks.org/PPSD/ParkTrails/trails_MAPS/documents/RCGW-signs-e-ledger.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-19}}</ref> It continues north to [[Wheaton Regional Park]], in Greater Silver Spring, which is home to the {{convert|50|acre|adj=on}} [[Brookside Gardens]].

The {{convert|14.5|acre|ha|adj=on}} Jessup Blair Park, south of downtown, has a soccer field, tennis courts, basketball courts, and a picnic area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/park_of_the_day/jan/parkday_jan14.shtm |title=MNCPPC: Jesup Blair Local Park |access-date=January 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630094423/http://www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/park_of_the_day/jan/parkday_jan14.shtm |archive-date=June 30, 2009}}</ref><ref name="photoJessup-Blair">{{Cite web |url=https://donaldearlcollins.com/tag/jessup-blair-park/#jp-carousel-862 |title=Jessup-Blair Park Sign, Silver Spring-Washington DC border |last=Collins |first=Donald Earl |website=DonaldEarlCollins.com |date=September 25, 2010 |access-date=January 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126001139/https://donaldearlcollins.com/tag/jessup-blair-park/#jp-carousel-862 |archive-date=January 26, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> There are similar local parks throughout the residential parts of the community.