Oxon Creek

Oxon Creek is a stream on the Potomac River which feeds a cove that straddles the border between Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland just north of Interstate 495 at Woodrow Wilson Bridge.

Type: Bay
Description: creek in Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Also known as: “Oxon Cove” and “Oxon Run”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Goose Island and Torpedo Factory Art Center.

Goose Island

Island

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alexandria Historic District and Alexandria.

Alexandria Historic District

Neighborhood

Photo: Foolish Productions Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 the U.S. state of Virginia. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia, bordering Washington, D.C. to the northeast.

Bellevue

Neighborhood

Photo: Egunt07, CC BY 3.0.

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. Bellevue is situated 1½ miles northeast of Oxon Creek.

Oxon Creek

Categories: stream and body of water
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.80734° or 38° 48′ 26″ north

Longitude

-77.02637° or 77° 1′ 35″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87C4RX4F+WF

GeoNames ID

4139932

Wikidata ID

Q7115739

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Oxon Creek” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Oxon Creek (luuk)”
Cebuano: “Oxon Creek”
“Oxon Creek”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as District of Columbia Impound Lot and Saint Elizabeths Farm.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fox Ferry Point and Marbury Point.

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