Acorn Urban Park

Acorn Urban Park is a tiny park in downtown Silver Spring with a big history. On this site is where Preston Blair, a newspaper editor, discovered a mica-flecked spring that inspired the name Silver Spring. The land was part of Blairs plantation. On it, he built an acorn gazebo in the middle of the 19t century in honor of where he proposed to his wife. The gazebo still stands in the park today. There are murals along the park that depict the history of Silver Spring. There are a few benches to sit and enjoy the small park.

It’s a cute little park that’s made for sitting not really playing at. The coolest thing is that it’s home to the original silver spring (no longer functional). Has some neat historical facts and a good place to sit under the unique acorn gazebo.

Silver Spring was developed by Blair and this park commemorates his founding of the city. It also has a cute acorn shaped restored gazebo from his estate.

Nice area to sit and relax.

Acorn Pk is a cute little space in Silver Spring. The acorn hut is great to sit and read eat or just chill

Acorn Park is open but Montgomery county closed the roads around it no explanation???

Very calming and relaxing park but there were street dogs roaming everywhere.

Just a fraction of green space, little used any time I go by there - unfortunately like most Maryland locations theyre more concerned with getting parking money from you than maintaining streets, sidewalks and public spaces.

Best gazebo in the DMV.

The offering of Silver Spring at Acorn Park. Kind of cool and the city did a nice job with it.

Best giant acorn ever!

Far from a big park but close to Bump N Grind. A nice spot to read, eat, converse or rest.

Really beautiful and peaceful place. Mini escape from busy streets.

Cool for its history but so small its useless.

Tiny little park with an acorn gazebo and a plaque marking the original mica-flecked spring for which Silver Spring is named. Theres also a mural on the adjacent building showing Silver Spring over time. A nice place to have lunch.

Good looking park kinda boring but the acorn looks cool

Great park overall, good equipment, some of it has good shade, but some is very sunny thus minus one star. Has a water thing not sure if its for people or not.

Cool place with some nice structures but it seems a little run down.

So small and nothing to dee

Cute spot I found while geocaching.

Very small, but nice and I learned something.

I can be alone in the acorn

Its a small urban park with rotonda and whats used to be a stream which gave the name of Silver Spring. Currently the park is going under renovation.

Its a great neighborhood

Historic!

Lovely

Nice park

A Fantastic place.

Smallest park

Just for fun

Cute little park.

Just a little spot