Raccoon Island

Raccoon Island is an island in Gloucester County, Delaware River Region, New Jersey. Raccoon Island is situated nearby to the village Bridgeport, as well as near the hamlet Prospect.

Type: Island
Description: island in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States of America
Also known as: “Tonkins Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Subaru Park and Commodore Barry Bridge.

Subaru Park

Stadium

Photo: Something Original, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Subaru Park is a soccer-specific stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania, located next to Commodore Barry Bridge on the waterfront along the Delaware River. The venue is home to the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer.

Commodore Barry Bridge

Bridge

Photo: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Commodore John Barry Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans the Delaware River from Chester, Pennsylvania to Bridgeport, New Jersey, in Logan Township.

Highland Avenue station

Railway station

Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Highland Avenue is an active commuter railroad station in the city of Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Located on the namesake Highland Avenue between West 6th and West 4th Streets, the station serves trains of SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark Line, which operates between Center City, Philadelphia and the two eponymous termini: Wilmington station and Newark station in New Castle County, Delaware.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bridgeport and Cooper.

Bridgeport

Village

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bridgeport is a census-designated place and unincorporated community that is part of Logan Township, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

Cooper

Hamlet

Logan Township is a township in Gloucester County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 6,000, a decrease of 42 from the 2010 census count of 6,042, which in turn reflected an increase of 10 from the 6,032 counted in the 2000 census.

Chester

Photo: Smallbones, CC0.

Chester is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Chester is a suburb of the city of Philadelphia. The current population estimate is 30,409. The city is predominantly made up of African Americans, making up 79% of the population.

Raccoon Island

Categories: locality and landform
Location: Gloucester County, Delaware River Region, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.81511° or 39° 48′ 54″ north

Longitude

-75.36714° or 75° 22′ 2″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

87F6RJ8M+24

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357717765

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4503721

Wikidata ID

Q49673836

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Raccoon Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Raccoon Island”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Raccoon Island”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Prospect and South Chester.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lunging Arena and Gloucester County Dream Park.

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