Brushy Island
Brushy Island is an islet in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Pennsylvania. Brushy Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Holtwood, as well as near Boeckel Landing.Places of Interest
Highlights include Norman Wood Bridge and Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility.
Norman Wood Bridge
Bridge
The Norman Wood Bridge carries Pennsylvania Route 372 across the Susquehanna River between York County, Pennsylvania and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility
Power station
Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility is a pumped-storage hydroelectric generation facility in Drumore Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Constructed by the Philadelphia Electric Company and completed in 1968, Muddy Run was the largest pumped-storage facility in the world. Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility is situated 1½ miles southeast of Brushy Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holtwood and Bethesda.
Holtwood
Hamlet
Holtwood is an unincorporated community in Martic Township, Lancaster County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Holtwood is the site of the Muddy Run Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant, along the Susquehanna River.
Bethesda
Hamlet
Bethesda is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is situated at the junction between Township Road 432 and Lancaster County, in Pennsylvania. It is situated at the junction between T-432 and Pennsylvania Route 372. Bethesda is situated 2 miles northeast of Brushy Island.
Sunnyburn
Hamlet
Sunnyburn is an unincorporated community in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on Pennsylvania Route 74, three miles south of Airville. Sunnyburn is situated 2½ miles west of Brushy Island.
Brushy Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Categories: island, shrubland, locality, and landform
- Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.81934° or 39° 49′ 10″ north
Longitude
-76.32671° or 76° 19′ 36″ west
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
Open location code
87F5RM9F+P8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrub
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
“Brushy Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brushy Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Pennsylvania)”
- Cebuano: “Brushy Island”
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