Piscataway Creek
Piscataway Creek is an 18.6-mile-long tributary of the Potomac River in Prince George's County, Maryland. The creek is a tidal arm of the Potomac for its final 2.5 miles, entering the Potomac at Fort Washington Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Pascattawaye Creek” and “Puscattuway Creeke”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Washington Light and Canterbury High School.
Fort Washington Light
Lighthouse
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Fort Washington Light is a lighthouse located on the banks of the Potomac River on the grounds of its namesake fort. There has been a lighthouse on the location since 1857; the current light was converted from a fog bell tower in 1901.
Canterbury High School
School
The Canterbury School also known as Canterbury High School and also simply as Canterbury, was a private, college preparatory secondary school located in Accokeek, Maryland, on the grounds of Christ Episcopal Church. It opened in 1961 and closed in 2000. Canterbury High School is situated 2 miles southeast of Piscataway Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waynewood and Tantallon.
Waynewood
Neighborhood
Waynewood is a populated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is located on the Potomac River and the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
Tantallon
Neighborhood
Tantallon is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and is a part of the census-designated place of Fort Washington. Tantallon is situated 2 miles northeast of Piscataway Creek.
Fort Hunt
Village
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Fort Hunt is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The area is named after Fort Hunt, which was built on the bank of the Potomac River in 1897 to defend Washington, D.C. from naval attack and is now a public park. Fort Hunt is situated 2 miles northwest of Piscataway Creek.
Piscataway Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Piscataway Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Piscataway Creek”
- Chinese: “皮斯卡特維溪”
- Venetian: “Piscataway”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fort Washington Estates and River Bend Estates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mockley Point and Sheridan Point.
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