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Bethesda () is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is located just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda. The National Institutes of Health's main campus and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center are in Bethesda, in addition to a number of corporate and government headquarters. As an unincorporated community, Bethesda has no official boundaries. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the community had a total population of 68,056.

Moreland is a historic home located at Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a 2+1⁄2-story early Colonial Revival frame dwelling that was constructed about 1894. The home was the summer residence for Washington, D.C., businessman and former District of Columbia Commissioner Samuel E. Wheatley, and that family owned it from 1894 until 1944.Moreland was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Walt Whitman High School is a public high school in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. It honors American poet Walt Whitman. The school serves grades 9-12 for the Montgomery County Public Schools. In 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school as the best high school in Maryland, #104 nationwide, and #1 in Montgomery County Public Schools High Schools.

Georgetown Bagelry is a bagel bakery in the Washington, D.C. area, founded in 1981. Its first location was on M street downtown, and it is now located in Bethesda, Maryland. For several years, it was voted by the Washington City Paper as having the best bagels in the area. The company specializes in New York-style bagels which are made by boiling dough.

Greenwich Forest is a residential community in Bethesda, Maryland, between Old Georgetown Road, and Bradley Boulevard. Dating from the early 20th century, Greenwich Forest is a suburban neighborhood combining architectural design with the natural environment.A portion of the Greenwich Forest subdivision was designated a local historic district in 2012 when it was included in the Montgomery County Master Plan for Historic Preservation.

WIHT (99.5 FM) is a Top 40 (CHR) formatted radio station that serves the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Located on the fifth floor of 1801 Rockville Pike in Rockville, Maryland, the station broadcasts 24 hours a day and is licensed to, and owned by, iHeartMedia. The transmitter is located on River Road in Bethesda, Maryland.

WTTG (channel 5) is a television station in Washington, D.C., serving as the market's Fox network outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetworkTV station WDCA (channel 20). WTTG and WDCA share studios on Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, Maryland. Through a channel sharing agreement, the stations transmit using WTTG's spectrum from a tower also located in Bethesda on River Road at the site of WDCA's former studio facilities. WTTG's signal is rebroadcast on a low-power digital translator station, W24ES-D, in Moorefield, West Virginia (which is owned by Valley TV Cooperative, Inc.).

WPXW-TV (channel 66) is a television station licensed to Manassas, Virginia, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Washington, D.C. area. The station is owned by Ion Media, and maintains business offices in Fairfax Station, Virginia; its transmitter is located on River Road in Bethesda, Maryland. WPXW-TV is one of two Ion outlets that serve the Baltimore market (alongside Towson-licensed Class A station WMJF-CD, channel 39). WWPX-TV (channel 60) in Martinsburg, West Virginia, operates as a full-time satellite of WPXW-TV.

Congregation Beth El is a synagogue located in Bethesda, Maryland. Beth El is an egalitarian synagogue providing diverse worship in the Conservative tradition.Congregation Beth El started in 1951 as a synagogue of 16 families and has grown to approximately 1,000 families.Greg Harris is Rabbi, Deborah Megdal is Associate Rabbi, and Bill Rudolph is Rabbi Emeritus. Asa Fradkin is Hazzan and Abe Lubin is Hazzan Emeritus. Rudolph, Harris, and Lubin have each been featured on the PBS television program Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.Congregation Beth El is housed in a modern structure of approximately 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) on Old Georgetown Road. On the bimah of the main sanctuary are two large tapestries, installed in September 1997. Created by local artist Tamar Fishman and executed by British weaver Pat Johns, the tapestries are inspired by two narratives from the Book of Genesis that envision episodes in the life of the patriarch Jacob. One tapestry, named Beth El, reflects Genesis 28:10–19, and the other, named Israel, reflects Genesis 32:25–32. The tapestry Beth El was dedicated by former congregation President Walter Arnheim.Congregation Beth El has received recognition for its award-winning adult education program, the Saul Bendit Institute. Beth El's adult b'nai mitzvah ceremony received special notice in 2010 when 94-year-old Esther Isralow became the oldest of 19 congregants to complete the 18 months of study led by Rabbi Harris that culminated in the service. And Congregation Beth El has held interfaith seminars, such as a 2010 seminar on leadership with perspectives from the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Koran.In 2008, Congregation Beth El received a grant from the Pathways Awareness Foundation recognizing its actions to include worshippers of all abilities. In 2009, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism gave Beth El an award for the quality of its bulletins.

Drummond is a village and special taxing district in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The village was founded in 1903 and officially chartered in 1916. Approximately one-third mile long, the village consists of Drummond Avenue between Wisconsin Avenue and Little Falls Stream Valley Park.The population was 120 as of 1990. There are 43 homes in the village.The village is governed by a three-member Citizens' Committee.

Landon School is a private, college preparatory school for boys in grades 3–12, with an enrollment of approximately 680 students, in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C.