Goose Island
Goose Island is a vanishing island located in the Potomac River in the southwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is a rarely above-water mudflat located at the mouth of Oxon Creek, roughly between Oronoco Bay in Alexandria and Marbury Point, now part of the Blue Plains water treatment plant.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torpedo Factory Art Center and Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop.
Torpedo Factory Art Center
Art gallery
Photo: nostri-imago, CC BY 2.0.
The Torpedo Factory Art Center is the former U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, a naval munitions factory on the banks of the Potomac River in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, which was converted into an art center in 1974.
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop
Museum
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 3.0.
The Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop/Museum is a historic apothecary's shop in Alexandria, Virginia, that has been preserved as a museum. During its working life, it was owned by generations of a Quaker family.
Carlyle House
Historic building
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY 3.0.
Carlyle House is a historic mansion in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, built by Scottish merchant John Carlyle from 1751 to 1752 in the Georgian style.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alexandria Historic District and Alexandria.
Alexandria Historic District
Neighborhood
The Alexandria Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Alexandria, Virginia. Encompassing all of the city's Old Town and some adjacent areas, this area contains one of the nation's best-preserved assemblages of the late-18th and early-19th century urban architecture.
Alexandria
Photo: AlbertHerring, CC BY 3.0.
Alexandria is an independent city in Northern Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles south of Washington, D.C. The city's population of 159,467 at the 2020 census made it the sixth-most populous city in Virginia and 169th-most populous city in the U.S.
Bellevue
Neighborhood
Bellevue is a residential neighborhood in far Southeast and Southwest in Washington, D.C., United States. It is bounded by South Capitol Street, one block of Atlantic Street SE, and 1st Streets SE and SW to the north and east; Joliet Street SW and Oxon Run Parkway to the south; Martin Luther King Jr.
Goose Island
- Type: Island
- Description: vanishing island located in southwest Washington, D.C, United States
- Categories: river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.80845° or 38° 48′ 30″ northLongitude
-77.02998° or 77° 1′ 48″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87C4RX5C+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 358954814OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Goose Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Goose Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Captains Row and Rosemont Historic District.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parking Dock and Founders Dog Park.
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