Editing College Park, Maryland (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Neighborhoods in College Park, MD.jpg|alt=Neighborhoods in College Park, MD|thumb|Neighborhoods in College Park, MD]]

College Park is located in [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]], [[Maryland]]. The city is also part of the [[Washington metropolitan area]], with all of its neighborhoods except for Camden and Sunnyside lying inside the [[Capital Beltway]]. It is bordered to the North by [[Beltsville, Maryland|Beltsville]], to the East by [[Greenbelt, Maryland|Greenbelt]] and [[Berwyn Heights, Maryland|Berwyn Heights]], to the South by [[Riverdale Park, Maryland|Riverdale Park]] and [[University Park, Maryland|University Park]], and to the West by [[Hyattsville, Maryland|Hyattsville]] and [[Adelphi, Maryland|Adelphi]].

The city straddles two small streams, [[Paint Branch]] and Indian Creek. The [[confluence]] of these two streams is located on the South-East corner of the city, next to the College Park Airport, and results in the [[Northeast Branch Anacostia River|Northeast branch Anacostia river]]. This river is a tributary of the [[Anacostia River|Anacostia river]], which itself is a tributary of the [[Potomac River|Potomac river]] that flows into the [[Chesapeake Bay]]. College Park has a total area of {{convert|5.68|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|5.64|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601072332/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=June 1, 2012 }}</ref>

===Neighborhoods===
The neighborhoods that were part of the initial incorporation of the city in 1945 ([[Calvert Hills Historic District|Calvert Hills]], [[Old Town College Park|Old Town]], Lakeland, Berwyn, Branchville, Oak Springs, Daniel's Park, and Hollywood) plus Sunnyside lie in between the [[Capital Subdivision|Washington-Baltimore CSX railway tracks]] and [[U.S. Route 1 in Maryland|Route 1/Baltimore Avenue]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rowlands |first=D.W. |date=May 12, 2021 |title=The history of College Park's annexations |url=https://streetcarsuburbs.news/the-history-of-college-parks-annexations/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Streetcar Suburbs News |language=en-US}}</ref> West of Baltimore Avenue lie Lord Calvert Manor, College Park Woods, Crystal Springs, Acerdale (University View), Autoville, Cherry Hill, and Camden. East of the CSX tracks lie College Park Estates and Yarrow.

These neighborhoods are primarily residential. They exhibit a variety of architectural styles including Queen Anne and Colonial Revival, and, in later constructions, American Foursquare, Cape Cod, and bungalow.<ref>{{Cite web |date=Dec 4, 2012 |title=Old Town College Park Historic District |url=https://apps.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=1617 |website=Department of Planning: Maryland Historic Trust}}</ref> Commercial activity is concentrated along Baltimore Avenue, Greenbelt Road, and Berwyn Road. Starting in 2017 commercial development also started expanding along Knox Road, Hartwick Road, and Calvert Road.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=Nov 1, 2023 |title=City of College Park Five to Ten-Year Economic Development Strategy |url=https://www.collegeparkmd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4701 |website=City of College Park}}</ref>

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File:Trolley trail Calvert Hills College Park MD.jpg|The Trolley trail at the Calvert Hills neighborhood
File:Tri Delta Sorority College Ave College Park MD.jpg|Tri Delta Sorority on College Ave in Old Town
File:Berwyn Rd College Park MD.jpg|Berwyn Rd. in the Berwyn neighborhood
File:Muskogee St Hollywood College Park MD.jpg|Muskogee St. in the Hollywood neighborhood
File:McKeldin Mall sunset University Maryland College Park.jpg|McKeldin Mall at the University of Maryland
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Additionally, the campus of the University of Maryland occupies 41% of the city's surface.<ref name=":7" /> The main campus, located west of Baltimore Avenue, is noted for its red-brick [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] buildings and [[McKeldin Mall]], which is the largest academic mall in the [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Kim |date=April 1, 2006 |title=A Continuum of Ideas |url=http://www.traditional-building.com/Previous-Issues-06/AprilProfile06.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511080227/http://www.traditional-building.com/Previous-Issues-06/AprilProfile06.html |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |access-date= |website=Traditional Building}}</ref> Various film and TV pieces have been filmed on this campus, including ''[[St. Elmo's Fire (film)|St. Elmo’s Fire]]'', ''[[Veep]]'', ''[[National Treasure: Book of Secrets]]'', or ''[[Young Sheldon]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Lauren |date=March 26, 2021 |title=Seen on Screen: UMD's Campus |url=https://today.umd.edu/seen-screen-umds-campus-65a70d9b-74e9-4d8b-8fa2-8b93bb170d70 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Maryland Today |language=en}}</ref> Graduate as well as fraternity and sorority housing is located between Baltimore Avenue and the CSX tracks, while the Discovery District,<ref name=":8" /> the university's business and research park, lies east of the tracks.

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, College Park has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=599181&cityname=College+Park%2C+Maryland%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|title=College Park, Maryland Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|work=Weatherbase}}</ref>

{{College Park, MD weatherbox}}Tornadoes are rare (the whole state of Maryland averages 4 tornadoes per year<ref>{{Cite web |last=US Department of Commerce |first=NOAA |title=Maryland 1996 Tornadoes |url=https://www.weather.gov/lwx/events_mdtor96 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=www.weather.gov |language=EN-US}}</ref>), but on September 24, 2001, a multiple-vortex F3 [[tornado]] hit the area, causing two deaths and 55 injuries and $101 million in property damage. This tornado was part of the [[Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. tornado outbreak of 2001|Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., tornado outbreak of 2001]], one of the most dramatic recent tornado events to directly affect the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.