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 Falls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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… Great Falls is situated 2 miles south of Minnehaha 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 1½ miles south of Minnehaha Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Potomac and Great Falls.
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.
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″ northLongitude
-77.24424° or 77° 14′ 39″ westElevation
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
87F42QF4+V8OpenStreetMap ID
way 137401067OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4362603Wikidata ID
Q49658828
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Satellite Map
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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 Falls.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Black Pond and Bealls Island.
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