Paton Island

Paton Island is an islet in Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland. Paton Island is situated nearby to the village Point of Rocks, as well as near the neighborhood Potomac Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Point of Rocks station and Young Lucketts.

Point of Rocks station

Railway station

Photo: Samual Ruaat, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Point of Rocks is a historic passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C., and Martinsburg, WV, located at Point of Rocks, Frederick County, Maryland, United States.

Young Lucketts

Antique shop

Photo: Some helpful person, CC0.

The Lucketts Store is a home goods and antique store located in Lucketts, Virginia, United States. It was built at the start of the twentieth century and run by the eponymous Luckett family as the local general store and post office until its closure in 1960 and eventual abandonment.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point of Rocks and Taylorstown.

Point of Rocks

Village

Photo: Pollinator, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Point of Rocks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,466.

Taylorstown

Hamlet

Taylorstown is a small community in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, built on the banks of Catoctin Creek and the surrounding hillside, about two miles south of the Potomac River. Taylorstown is situated 2 miles southwest of Paton Island.

Scattersville

Locality

Lovettsville is a town in Loudoun County, located near the very northern tip of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. Settled primarily by German immigrants, the town was originally established in 1836. Scattersville is situated 4 miles south of Paton Island.

Paton Island

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

39.27772° or 39° 16′ 40″ north

Longitude

-77.54884° or 77° 32′ 56″ west

Elevation

217 feet (66 metres)

Open location code

87F47FH2+3F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 28294891

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4365034

Wikidata ID

Q49668192

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Paton Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Paton Island”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lock 28 and Point of Rocks Overlook.

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