Guards Island
Guards Island is an island in Hamilton County, Greater Cincinnati, Ohio. Guards Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Finney, as well as near Lawrenceburg Junction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States of America
- Also known as: “Sampsons Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Miami Fort Power Station and Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge.
Miami Fort Power Station
Power station
Photo: FunksBrother, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Miami Fort Generating Station is a dual-fuel power generating facility. It is a major coal-fired electrical power station, supplemented with a small oil-fired facility.
Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Carroll Lee Cropper Bridge is a continuous steel arch-shaped truss bridge over the Ohio River between Indiana and Kentucky. Built between 1968 and 1977, the four-lane arched truss span provides a western Ohio River crossing for the Interstate 275 beltway around the Cincinnati area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elizabethtown and Hardinsburg.
Elizabethtown
Hamlet
Elizabethtown is a census-designated place in Whitewater Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 323 at the 2020 census.
Hardinsburg
Hamlet
Hardinsburg is an unincorporated community in Lawrenceburg Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.
North Bend
Village
Photo: Kevin Myers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Bend is a village in Miami Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. It is a part of the Greater Cincinnati area. The population was 835 at the 2020 census.
Guards Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Hamilton County, Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.13145° or 39° 7′ 53″ northLongitude
-84.80773° or 84° 48′ 28″ westElevation
459 feet (140 metres)Open location code
86FQ45JR+HWOpenStreetMap ID
node 357466371OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Guards Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Guards Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Finney and Lawrenceburg Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shawnee Lookout and Fort Hill.
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