Minnehaha Island

Minnehaha Island is an islet in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Minnehaha Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Potomac Hunt Acres, as well as near Potomac Forest.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Great Falls.

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Photo: Zellfaze, CC0.

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

Photo: MamaGeek, CC BY 3.0.

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 Minnehaha Island.

Great Falls Tavern

Tourism office

Photo: Russ, CC BY 2.0.

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 1½ miles south of Minnehaha Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Potomac and Great Falls.

Potomac

Photo: Russ, CC BY 2.0.

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.

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.

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 Minnehaha Island.

Minnehaha 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

39.02474° or 39° 1′ 29″ north

Longitude

-77.24424° or 77° 14′ 39″ west

Elevation

151 feet (46 metres)

Open location code

87F42QF4+V8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 137401067

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4362603

Wikidata ID

Q49658828

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In Other Languages

“Minnehaha Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Minnehaha Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Potomac Hunt Acres and Potomac Forest.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Black Pond and Bealls Island.

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