Shawnee Island

Shawnee Island is an island in Monroe, Pennsylvania. Shawnee Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Minisink Hills, as well as near North Water Gap.

Type: Island
Description: island in the Delaware River
Also known as: “Great Shawana Island” and “Great Shawna”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Delaware Water Gap station and Mount Tammany.

Delaware Water Gap station

Historic building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Water Gap Station is located in Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Service to Delaware Water Gap along what became known as the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad started on May 13, 1856.

Mount Tammany

Peak

Photo: Justin, CC BY 2.0.

Mount Tammany is the southernmost peak of the Kittatinny Mountains, in Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey, United States. It is 1,526 feet tall, and forms the east side of the Delaware Water Gap.

Presbyterian Church of the Mountain

Church

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Minisink Hills and Shawnee on Delaware.

Minisink Hills

Neighborhood

Minisink Hills is an unincorporated community located in Smithfield Township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Minisink Hills is located at the intersection of Gap View Drive and Hillside Drive, along the west bank of Marshalls Creek, east of East Stroudsburg.

Shawnee on Delaware

Photo: JamesPFisherIII, CC BY 3.0.

Shawnee on Delaware is an unincorporated community in the Poconos and Endless Mountains region of Pennsylvania.

Delaware Water Gap

Village

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Delaware Water Gap is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap, the pass through which the Lackawanna Corridor and Interstate 80 run across the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border along the Delaware River.

Shawnee Island

Categories: river island, locality, and landform
Location: Monroe, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

40.99946° or 40° 59′ 58″ north

Longitude

-75.12018° or 75° 7′ 13″ west

Elevation

338 feet (103 metres)

Open location code

87G6XVXH+QW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 157913559

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

5211754

Wikidata ID

Q97292773

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Satellite Map

Discover Shawnee Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Shawnee Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Shawnee Island (pulo sa Tinipong Bansa, Pennsylvania)”
Cebuano: “Shawnee Island”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shawnee Golf Course and Shawnee On Delaware Post Office.

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