Adam Allgood

Great playground right next to the library and rec center, and a spacious field with some picnic tables. Everything is well fenced in, and there is fencing between the field and busy Georgia Av. The play equipment has a cute musical theme, and is a step up in creativity from the cookie cutter sets you get at most small playgrounds. This park is well done.

Ample parking, but it is a pretty big hike with kids to the ballpark. It is one of the cheaper lots for that reason. The neighborhood is developing rapidly and feels safer/less deserted now than it did several years ago.

We spent a Shabbos in the Woodside community when our home was in the midst of significant repairs. It is a wonderful, warm and close knit kehilla, and we felt very welcome. The shul has both an early and a late Shacharis davening each weekday, and a hashkoma (7:15), 8:45, and 10:15 (youth) davening on Shabbos mornings, which is quite convenient. The community is enclosed in an eruv, and there are numerous hotels within walking distance. It is also close to the Silver Spring Metro station and Goldberg's bagels.

An old but nice observatory, with open houses on the 5th and 20th of each month. The open house consists of a 30 minute lecture followed by a tour of the facility and its telescopes, and, weather permitting, viewing. Good for older kids.

A very friendly and welcoming shul with early morning (6:20-6:30am) weekday davening that is sanely paced.