River Hill, Columbia, Maryland

River Hill is the last village to be developed in the town of Columbia, Maryland, though numerous residents have addresses in Clarksville. It is home to about 6,500 residents. It is bounded by Maryland Route 108 and Maryland Route 32, and is centered on Trotter Road. The village is divided into two neighborhoods: Pheasant Ridge and Pointers Run, which are much more conventional in design than earlier neighborhoods in Columbia.

The original plan called for the village to be connected to the rest of Columbia via an extension of Little Patuxent Parkway. In addition, a dam on the Middle Patuxent River would have created a large lake in that watershed. However, with the rise of the environmental movement, a large part of the watershed was made into a park, and River Hill is largely disconnected from the rest of the city, accessing Columbia Town Center only by roads on the periphery of the city.

Names

The street names come from the works of Walt Whitman and James Whitcomb Riley.

hopping and Entertainment

Its village center provides several services, such as an athletic club (The Columbia Gym), Giant Food & Drugs, McDonald's, Ruby Tuesday, Bagel Bin & Deli, Ledo Pizza, Subway, The UPS Store, Chevy Chase Bank, a wine cellar, a dry cleaner, and an optometrist,

Education

The public schools [http://www.hcpss.org] serving the village include:
*Elementary Schools
** [http://www.howard.k12.md.us/ces/default.html Clarksville Elementary School]
** [http://www.howard.k12.md.us/pres/default.html Pointers Run Elementary School]
*Middle Schools
** [http://www.howard.k12.md.us/cms/ Clarksville Middle School]
*High School
** [http://www.howard.k12.md.us/rhhs/default.html River Hill High School]
** [http://www2.hcpss.org/ahs/ Atholton High School]

External links

* [http://riverhill.columbiavillages.org River Hill Community Association]
* [http://columbiamaryland.com/ariver.htm River Hill at Columbiavillagecenters.com]
* [http://www.mrdeleon.com Technology Education at Clarksville Middle School]