Gladys Island
Gladys Island is an islet in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Gladys Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Potomac Hunt Acres, as well as near Potomac Falls.Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Falls and Great Falls Tavern.
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… Great Falls is situated 2 miles south of Gladys Island.
Great Falls Tavern
Tourism office
Great Falls Tavern is a historic building in Montgomery County, Maryland, in the United States. Located at mile 14.3 along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath, it is today used by the National Park Service as one of its five visitor centers in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Great Falls Tavern is situated 2 miles south of Gladys Island.
Lock 19
Canal
Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.
Lock 19 is a canal, which is situated 2 miles south of Gladys Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Potomac and Travilah.
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.
Travilah
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Travilah is a United States census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is 17.28 square miles located along the north side of the Potomac River, and surrounded by the communities of Potomac, North Potomac, and Darnestown—all census-designated places. Travilah is situated 3 miles north of Gladys Island.
Great Falls
Photo: Rob Shenk, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Falls in Virginia, within the United States of America. It's a suburb outside the DC beltway. Nearly all the businesses are found at either end of Walker Road.
Gladys Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America
- Categories: island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.02899° or 39° 1′ 44″ northLongitude
-77.24696° or 77° 14′ 49″ westElevation
167 feet (51 metres)Open location code
87F42QH3+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 137401020OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4356158Wikidata ID
Q49639112
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Gladys Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gladys Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Gladys Island”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Potomac Hunt Acres and Potomac Falls.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lock Island and Lock 21 “Swains” Campground.
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