Independence Island
Independence Island is an islet in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Independence Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Engleton, as well as near the suburb Midtown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island on the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as: “Shell Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holocaust Memorial for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Capitol.
Holocaust Memorial for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Memorial
Photo: Toksook, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Holocaust Memorial for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a Holocaust memorial at Front and Sayford Streets along Riverfront Park, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Capitol
Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pennsylvania State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania located in downtown Harrisburg. The building was designed by architect Joseph Miller Huston in 1902 and completed in 1906 in a Beaux-Arts style with decorative Renaissance themes throughout.
Harvey Taylor Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The M. Harvey Taylor Bridge is a steel girder multilane highway bridge that spans the Susquehanna River, connecting Pennsylvania state capital Harrisburg to Wormleysburg in Cumberland County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Engleton and Midtown.
Engleton
Neighborhood
Engleton is a section of the Midtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania neighborhood created with a focus on architectural variety. It is roughly bounded by 2nd street to the west, Kelker Street to the north, 3rd street to the east and Reily Street to the south.
Midtown
Suburb
Photo: Penndyl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Midtown is a neighborhood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Its zip code is 17102. The Midtown neighborhood is delineated by Forster Street to the south, Maclay Street to the north, 7th Street to the east, and the Susquehanna River to the west.
Harrisburg
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harrisburg is the capital and 4th-largest metropolitan area of Pennsylvania, with a metro population of 592,000 people in 2020. Harrisburg is known as the host city of the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the largest free indoor agriculture exposition in the United…
Independence Island
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.26709° or 40° 16′ 2″ northLongitude
-76.89741° or 76° 53′ 51″ westElevation
295 feet (90 metres)Open location code
87G57483+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 569824965OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Independence Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Independence Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County)”
- Cebuano: “Independence Island”
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Localities in the Area
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