Buck Island
Buck Island is an islet in Colbert, Alabama. Buck Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Cedar Hills Estates, as well as near Woodland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge.
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge
Nature reserve
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge is a 1,060 acre. More than 6,000 visitors per year visit the refuge. The facility is unstaffed, but is administered by the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Alabama. Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge is situated 1½ miles north of Buck Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Village Number 1 and Tuscumbia.
Village Number 1
Hamlet
Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Village Number 1, also known as The Village and Nitrate Plant Number 1 Reservation Subdivision, is an unincorporated community in Colbert County, Alabama, in the United States. Village Number 1 is situated 3½ miles east of Buck Island.
Tuscumbia
Photo: Dailynetworks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tuscumbia is a small town in northwest Alabama near Wheeler Lake and Wilson Lakes, best known as the birthplace of the famous deaf-blind activist and author, Helen Keller.
Sheffield
Village
Photo: SistahFee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area. The population was 9,403 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 9,307 in 2023. Sheffield is situated 5 miles northeast of Buck Island.
Buck Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Colbert County, Alabama, United States of America
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Colbert, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.73206° or 34° 43′ 55″ northLongitude
-87.77714° or 87° 46′ 38″ westElevation
417 feet (127 metres)Open location code
866JP6JF+R4OpenStreetMap ID
way 524770385OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Buck Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buck Island”
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Localities in the Area
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