Jacks Island
Jacks Island is an alluvial island in the Allegheny River. Its southwestern half lies in the city of Lower Burrell, while its northeastern half lies in Allegheny Township, in Westmoreland County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Joseph High School and Highlands High School.
Saint Joseph High School
School
Saint Joseph High School is a private, parochial Catholic high school in Harrison Township, Pennsylvania. It is the only parish-operated high school in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Highlands High School
School building
Highlands High School is a suburban, public secondary school in the Natrona Heights neighborhood of Harrison Township in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Highlands Mall
Shopping center
Highlands Mall is a former shopping mall in Harrison Township, Pennsylvania that operates today as an open-air shopping center. It opened in 1977 and closed in 2006, reopening after its redevelopment in 2008. Highlands Mall is situated 2 miles north of Jacks Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Natrona and Natrona Heights.
Natrona
Village
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Natrona is an unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It is located in western Pennsylvania within the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, approximately 24 miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh.
Natrona Heights
Village
Natrona Heights is an unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located in Western Pennsylvania within the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, approximately 24 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Karns
Hamlet
Karns is an unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States; it is located in Western Pennsylvania within the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, approximately 24 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Jacks Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Pennsylvania, USA
- Categories: river island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.61798° or 40° 37′ 5″ northLongitude
-79.71089° or 79° 42′ 39″ westElevation
745 feet (227 metres)Open location code
87G2J79Q+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 156579742OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5195104Wikidata ID
Q6116837
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Jacks Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jacks Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Pennsylvania)”
- Cebuano: “Jacks Island”
- Dutch: “Jacks Island”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jacks Island”. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0.