Chatauqua Island

Chatauqua Island is an islet in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Chatauqua Island is situated nearby to the village Glen Echo, as well as near the neighborhood Fairway Hills.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lock 7 and Central Intelligence Agency.

Lock 7

River

Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.

Lock 7 is a river.

Central Intelligence Agency

Military installation

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The George Bush Center for Intelligence is the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, located in the unincorporated community of Langley in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, near Washington, D.C. The headquarters is a conglomeration of the Original Headquarters Building and the New Headquarters Building and sits on a total of 258 acres of land.

Clara Barton National Historic Site

Geographical marker

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The Clara Barton National Historic Site, which includes the Clara Barton House, was established in 1974 to interpret the life of Clara Barton, an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glen Echo and Cabin John.

Glen Echo

Village

Photo: Ben Walther, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glen Echo is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, that was chartered in 1904. The population was 279 at the 2020 census.

Cabin John

Village

Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cabin John is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 2,459. Overlooking the Potomac River, it is a suburb of Washington, D.C.…

Langley

Suburb

Photo: Patrickneil, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Langley is an unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The name "Langley" often occurs as a metonym for the Central Intelligence Agency, whose headquarters, the George Bush Center for Intelligence, is in Langley. Langley is situated 1½ miles southwest of Chatauqua Island.

Chatauqua Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Categories: island, forest, locality, and landform
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.96438° or 38° 57′ 52″ north

Longitude

-77.14155° or 77° 8′ 30″ west

Elevation

49 feet (15 metres)

Open location code

87C4XV75+Q9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 137852489

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4351080

Wikidata ID

Q34767021

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Satellite Map

Discover Chatauqua Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Chatauqua Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Chatauqua Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fairway Hills and Tulip Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Spanish Ballroom and Ballroom Annex.

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