A tree-lined street in the Wheaton / Silver Spring area

A Walk Through Glenview

From Evans Parkway Park to Sligo Creek and downtown Wheaton — the places that make our corner of 20902 feel like home, through the seasons. Click any photo to enlarge.

August 29, 2026

The 3rd Annual Block Party

Four hours on the 2000 block of Evans Parkway — grills going, a full potluck table, and well over a hundred neighbors. Click any photo to enlarge.

Neighbors sitting in camp chairs and on blankets under big shade trees, with a line of people at the food tent along the street — The lawn fills up

A canopy, two PA speakers on stands and a folding table set up in the middle of an empty street — Setting up

Two large grills on the pavement with a neighbor tending them, another neighbor on a mobility scooter alongside, and a crowd on the grass behind — The grill line

A serving table with trays of hot dogs and foil-wrapped pans, neighbors queuing behind it on the grass — Dinner is served

A long white table covered end to end with dishes, condiments and stacks of plates, with neighbors serving themselves — The potluck table

Neighbors standing and talking in groups while others sit on blankets, the red canopy and grill smoke behind them — Early evening

Four neighbors standing together on the grass in the evening light, name tags on — Neighbors

Two neighbors leaning into a photo together, wearing hand-written name tags, with the tents and crowd behind them — Name tags

Three neighbors talking under a canopy at dusk with string lights overhead — Lights on

Around the neighborhood

A walk through Glenview

Evans Parkway Park, Sligo Creek and downtown Wheaton, through the seasons.

Sligo Creek with its paved trail under a leafy canopy — Sligo Creek & Trail

Three neighbors behind a produce stand at the GNA farmers-market booth — Market day at Evans Parkway

A wooden boardwalk with metal railings leading through Evans Parkway Park — The boardwalk

A row of yellow steel arches standing on the green under a blue sky — The yellow arches

A boardwalk running beneath the park's yellow pergola arches — Boardwalk & arches

A concrete plaza painted in colorful radiating wedges, labeled Echo Center — The Echo Center

A stone monolith engraved with a river birch branch and the words Green Tree Frog — Green tree frog in stone

A concrete panel engraved with an eastern painted turtle — Painted turtle in stone

A green-roofed pavilion beside a playground, seen from the park path — The pavilion

A paved pump track with rolling mounds curving through the park — The pump track

Three deer grazing in a meadow of wildflowers — Deer in the meadow

A doe and fawn standing in greenery at the edge of a paved park path — Doe & fawn

A bird nest holding two pale blue eggs among green leaves — A robin's nest

A brown rabbit sitting in tall green grass dotted with yellow flowers — Rabbit in the clover

A cherry tree in full pale-pink bloom on a sunlit lawn — Cherry blossom

Redbud branches covered in magenta blossoms against a sunset sky — Redbud at sunset

An orange-leaved maple beside a paved path under a blue autumn sky — Autumn on the path

Snow covering the park lawn and tennis court fencing on a grey day — Fresh snow

A rainbow arcing over the tree line above the park playground — Rainbow over the park

A yellow black-eyed Susan backlit by a low sun in a meadow — Black-eyed Susan

A meadow of white and yellow wildflowers in late summer light — The summer meadow

A wooden footbridge crossing Sligo Creek under green trees — Footbridge over the creek

Mid-rise buildings of the downtown Wheaton skyline — Downtown Wheaton

Sligo Creek framed by golden autumn foliage — Autumn on Sligo Creek

Sligo Creek Parkway winding under a green tree canopy — Under the canopy

The long escalator at the Wheaton Metro station — Wheaton Metro

Sligo Creek flowing through a lush green valley — Spring on the creek

Street view down Georgia Avenue with storefronts and sidewalks — Georgia Avenue

A welcome sign marking the entrance to downtown Wheaton — Welcome to Wheaton

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Photo credits

Several photos are used under Creative Commons / public-domain licenses, via Wikimedia Commons: Sligo Creek & Trail and Sligo Creek Parkway — G. Edward Johnson (CC BY 3.0 / 4.0); Sligo Creek footbridge and spring view — Farragutful (CC BY-SA 4.0); Sligo Creek autumn — Bradley Weber (CC BY 2.0); Downtown Wheaton — Farragutful (CC BY-SA 4.0); Georgia Avenue — Farragutful (CC BY-SA 3.0); Wheaton welcome sign — Evrik (CC BY-SA 3.0); Wheaton Metro escalator — Laura Marsh (public domain); neighborhood block party — dani0010 (CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr). The farmers-market photo and all Evans Parkway Neighborhood Park photos are courtesy of the Glenview Neighborhood Association and its neighbors.