McNeil Island
McNeil Island is an island in the Northwestern United States, in south Puget Sound southwest of Tacoma, Washington. With a land area of 6.63 square miles, it lies in an area of many inhabited small islands, including Anderson Island to the south across Balch Passage, and Fox Island to the north across Carr Inlet.Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island of Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington state, United States of America
- Also known as: “Duntze Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Special Commitment Center.
Special Commitment Center
Prison
The Special Commitment Center in the US state of Washington is a post-prison-sentence treatment institution for people designated as sexually violent predators, located on McNeil Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fox Island and Lakebay.
Fox Island
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fox Island is a 5.2 square mile island off the south end of the Kitsap Peninsula, in the Puget Sound of Washington state, across from the Tacoma "Narrows". It is semi-rural, with bridge access from Gig Harbor.
Lakebay
Hamlet
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The out-of-the-way Key Peninsula is the southernmost extension of the larger Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state, southwest of Purdy. It gets its name from its key-like shape. Lakebay is situated 4½ miles northwest of McNeil Island.
Steilacoom
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Steilacoom, a small town of 6,400 people on the southern Puget Sound, is the oldest incorporated town in Washington state. It has 4 buildings and sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the oldest Catholic church in the state and the first Protestant church north of the Columbia River.
McNeil Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“McNeil Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “McNeil Island”
- Chinese: “麥克尼爾島”
- Chinese: “麦克尼尔岛”
- Czech: “McNeillův ostrov”
- Dutch: “McNeil Island”
- French: “île McNeil”
- French: “Île McNeil”
- Hungarian: “McNeil-sziget”
- Irish: “McNeil Island”
- Italian: “isola di McNeil”
- Italian: “Isola di McNeil”
- Italian: “Isola McNeil”
- Italian: “McNeil Island”
- Japanese: “マクニール島”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hillcrest Cemetery and Butterworth Reservoir.
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