Glen Echo is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, that was chartered in 1904.

Their promotional booklet for the land development was titled "Glen Echo on the Potomac: The Washington Rhine".

Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, lived in Glen Echo, a streetcar ride from her office,[13] from 1897 until her death in 1912.

[8] Before the passage of the 1968 Fair Housing Act, racial covenants were used in Glen Echo to exclude non-white people.

"[14] In the 1980s, Glen Echo designated its town bird as the pileated woodpecker; insect, the spicebush swallowtail; tree, the eastern sycamore; and wildflower, the heartleaf aster.

[citation needed] Glen Echo is located in southern Montgomery County overlooking the Potomac River.

It is bordered to the north by Bannockburn in Bethesda, to the east and south by Brookmont, and to the west by Cabin John.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Glen Echo has a total area of 0.10 square miles (0.26 km2), all land.

Schools that serve Glen Echo include: The most prominent roads serving Glen Echo directly are the Clara Barton Parkway and its spur, the Cabin John Parkway, which intersect at the west end of the town.