Blaine Island
Blaine Island is an island on the Kanawha River in the city of South Charleston, West Virginia. It is roughly 66 acres in area with a length of 1.25 miles and about 900 feet at its widest point.Places of Interest
Highlights include Criel Mound and Magic Island.
Criel Mound
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Criel Mound, also known as the South Charleston Mound, is a Native American burial mound located in South Charleston, West Virginia. It is one of the few surviving mounds of the Kanawha Valley Mounds that were probably built in the Woodland period after 500 B.C.
Magic Island
Park
Magic Island is an island in the Kanawha River near its confluence with the Elk River in Charleston, West Virginia. Kanawha Boulevard separates Magic Island from Charleston's West Side neighborhood. Magic Island is situated 2 miles southeast of Blaine Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elk and Forest Hills.
Elk
Locality
Elk is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The United States Geological Survey lists its elevation at 610 feet.
Forest Hills
Neighborhood
Forest Hills is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
West Side
Quarter
The West Side is a neighborhood in the city of Charleston in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States containing about 9,900 residents. Located along the Kanawha River and the Elk River, the West Side is bounded by U.S. Route 60 to the north and west, the Kanawha River to the south and by the Elk River and Interstate 64 to the east. West Side is situated 1½ miles east of Blaine Island.
Blaine Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Kanawha River in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
- Categories: river island and landform
- Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Cebuano—“Blaine Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة بلين”
- Cebuano: “Blaine Island”
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