Pleasant View Park is named after the nearby Quince Orchard community, one of the first free black communities established after the Civil War. The park’s name honors the Pleasant View Historic Site, where members of the Quince Orchard community built the Quince Orchard Colored School and the Pleasant View Methodist Episcopal Church (sometimes called the Quince Orchard Methodist Church) & also reflects the beauty of the natural surroundings. The land was acquired through the Federal Land to Parks Program of the United States Department of the Interior National Park Service. From 1955 to 1975, this location served as a fire control radar site for the U.S. Army NIKE missile system. After 1975, the site was used by the Consumer Product Safety Commission as the National Laboratory Campus for testing consumer products.
The 9.54-acre park offers many amenities including: parking, community gardens, a bicycle skills course (pump track), open space, pavilions, a playground, and fitness pods.
Visitors can access the park via the entrance drive that extends from Darnestown Road. Pedestrians can access the site from Darnestown Road via a path that runs parallel to the entrance drive into the park. Pedestrians can also access the park from Marsh Lane. A Ride-On bus stop is located on Darnestown Road at the park entrance. Address:10901 Darnestown Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20878