Hurkey Island

Hurkey Island is an islet in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Hurkey Island is situated nearby to the islet Artrey Island, as well as near the park Lock 21 “Swains” Campground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Falls Tavern and Bedfordshire Neighborhood Park.

Great Falls Tavern

Tourism office

Photo: Russ, CC BY 2.0.

Great Falls Tavern is a historic building in Montgomery County, Maryland, in the United States. Located at mile 14.3 along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath, it is today used by the National Park Service as one of its five visitor centers in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Great Falls Tavern is situated 2½ miles south of Hurkey Island.

Bedfordshire Neighborhood Park

Park

Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bedfordshire Neighborhood Park is situated 2½ miles east of Hurkey Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Travilah and Potomac.

Travilah is a United States census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is 17.28 square miles located along the north side of the Potomac River, and surrounded by the communities of Potomac, North Potomac, and Darnestown—all census-designated places. Travilah is situated 2½ miles north of Hurkey Island.

Potomac

Photo: Russ, CC BY 2.0.

Potomac is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 47,018.

Great Falls

Photo: Rob Shenk, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Falls in Virginia, within the United States of America. It's a suburb outside the DC beltway. Nearly all the businesses are found at either end of Walker Road.

Hurkey Island

Type: Islet
Categories: forest, locality, and landform
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.03511° or 39° 2′ 6″ north

Longitude

-77.25012° or 77° 15′ 0″ west

Open location code

87F42PPX+2X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 137401478

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

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Satellite Map

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

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Artrey Island and Lock 21 “Swains” Campground.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Potomac River Water Filtration Plant and Swains Lock.

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