Powhatan Island

Powhatan Island is an island in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Powhatan Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Potomac Falls, as well as near Potomac Hunt Acres.

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 1½ miles south of Powhatan 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.

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 3½ miles north of Powhatan Island.

Powhatan Island

Type: Island
Description: island in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States of America
Category: landform
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.01872° or 39° 1′ 7″ north

Longitude

-77.24359° or 77° 14′ 37″ west

Elevation

151 feet (46 metres)

Open location code

87F42Q94+FH

GeoNames ID

4366099

Wikidata ID

Q49670380

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In Other Languages

“Powhatan Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Powhatan Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Potomac Falls and Potomac Hunt Acres.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bealls Island and Riverbend Regional Park.

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