Watkins Island
Watkins Island is an island in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Watkins Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Estates at Rivers Edge, as well as near Beallmount.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pennyfield Lock and Tobytown Park.
Pennyfield Lock
Canal
Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.
The Pennyfield Lock and lockhouse are part of the 184.5-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that operated in the United States along the Potomac River from the 1830s through 1923.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Travilah and Great Falls.
Travilah
Town
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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 2 miles northeast of Watkins Island.
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.
Lowes Island
Village
Lowes Island is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States census was 10,756. Along with nearby Countryside and Cascades, it is considered one of the three main components of the Potomac Falls community. Lowes Island is situated 4 miles west of Watkins Island.
Watkins Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Big Island” and “Harris Island”
- Category: landform
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.04233° or 39° 2′ 32″ northLongitude
-77.27887° or 77° 16′ 44″ westElevation
167 feet (51 metres)Open location code
87F42PRC+WFGeoNames ID
4372890
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Estates at Rivers Edge and Beallmount.
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Highlights include Sycamore Island and Harris Island.
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