Sharpshin Island

Sharpshin Island is an island on the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, near Algonkian Regional Park. It is 5.3 acres in area, but is very narrow, measuring only 50 ft across at its broadest point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Algonkian Regional Park and Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C..

Algonkian Regional Park

Nature reserve

Photo: Truejim, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Algonkian Regional Park is located on the Potomac River in Sterling, Virginia at Cascades, Virginia. The 838-acre park is owned and operated by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority and contains open fields, picnic shelters, rental cottages, an event…

Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C.

Golf course

Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C. is an 800-acre private golf club in the eastern United States, at Lowes Island in Potomac Falls, Virginia, northwest of Washington, D.C. It is part of the Trump chain of golf clubs that includes clubs in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Bedminster.

Riley’s Lock

River

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Riley's Lock and lock house are part of the 184.5-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that operated from the 1830s through 1923 along the Potomac River in the United States. Riley’s Lock is situated 1½ miles east of Sharpshin Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lowes Island and Sugarland Run.

Lowes Island

Village

Lowes Island is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lowes Island had a population of 11,023. Along with nearby Countryside and Cascades, it is considered one of the three main components of the Potomac Falls community. Lowes Island is situated 1½ miles southeast of Sharpshin Island.

Sugarland Run

Village

Sugarland Run is a planned community and census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population at the 2010 census was 11,799. Sugarland Run is situated 2 miles south of Sharpshin Island.

Seneca

Hamlet

Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Seneca is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is located near the intersection of River Road and Seneca Creek, not far from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Potomac River. Seneca is situated 2 miles northeast of Sharpshin Island.

Sharpshin Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Categories: river island, island, forest, locality, and landform
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.06466° or 39° 3′ 53″ north

Longitude

-77.37112° or 77° 22′ 16″ west

Elevation

180 feet (55 metres)

Open location code

87F43J7H+VH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 28309501

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4369358

Wikidata ID

Q7490433

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Satellite Map

Discover Sharpshin Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Dutch—“Sharpshin Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sharpshin Island”
Dutch: “Sharpshin Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Potomac Falls and Seneca Green.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Algonkian Regional Park Golf Course and Field #7.

Montgomery County: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Rockville, Bethesda, Gaithersburg, and Silver Spring.

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