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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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: Wikimedia, 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
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. 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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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.
Washington, D.C.: Must-Visit Destinations
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