Raft Island
Raft Island is an island in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Raft Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Colony Park, as well as near the village Kings Park West.Places of Interest
Highlights include Burke Centre station and Burke Centre Community Library.
Burke Centre station
Railway station
Photo: Trevor Owens, CC BY 2.0.
Burke Centre station is a railway station in Burke Centre, Burke, Fairfax County, Virginia. It is served by the Virginia Railway Express Manassas Line and a once daily Amtrak Northeast Regional round trip.
Lake Braddock
Lake
Photo: Airgum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lake Braddock is a reservoir in the community of Burke in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Lake Braddock is created by an impoundment on a tributary stream of Pohick Creek, itself a tributary of the Potomac River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burke and Fairfax.
Burke
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Burke is an unincorporated section of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, traditionally defined as the area served by the Burke post office. Burke includes two census-designated places: the Burke CDP, population 42,312 in 2020 and the Burke Centre CDP, population 17,518 in 2020.
Fairfax
Photo: Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fairfax, nicknamed Fairfax City by the locals, is the county seat of Fairfax County, in the state of Virginia. The city has roots dating back to the 1700s.
Burke Centre
Village
Photo: joshdoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burke Centre is a planned residential community located west of Burke in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Burke Centre is a planned community managed by the Burke Centre Conservancy homeowners' association.
Raft Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.804° or 38° 48′ 15″ northLongitude
-77.2914° or 77° 17′ 29″ westOpen location code
87C4RP35+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1470388503OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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