Bear Island
Bear Island is an island located in Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland between the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near the Great Falls.Places of Interest
Highlights include Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Great Falls.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in the District of Columbia, West Virginia and Maryland. It lies in the Potomac River Valley between Washington, D.C. and Cumberland.
Great Falls
Waterfall
Great Falls is a series of rapids and waterfalls on the Potomac River in the state of Maryland 14 miles upstream from Washington, D.C. As the border between the states of Maryland and Virginia generally follows the low-water line on the Virginia side, the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Falls and Carderock.
Great Falls
Carderock
Locality
Carderock is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, along the Potomac River. It is located in the southern part of the Potomac census-designated place and western part of the Bethesda postal area.
Potomac
Potomac is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 47,018.
Bear Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
- Categories: river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.98511° or 38° 59′ 6″ north
Longitude
-77.24331° or 77° 14′ 36″ west
Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)
Open location code
87C4XQP4+2M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Bear Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bear Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sycamore Beach and Lock 15.
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