List of islands on the Potomac River

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This is a list of islands on the Potomac River and its North and South branches. Because the Potomac belongs to Maryland, the majority of its islands lie within that state with some exceptions including portions located in the District of Columbia.

Potomac River[]

Name Order downstream State Location
unnamed island 1 Maryland ?
2 Maryland ?
unnamed islands 3 Maryland ?
unnamed island 4 Maryland ?
unnamed island 5 Maryland ?
unnamed island 6 Maryland ?
unnamed island 7 Maryland ?
8 Maryland ?
unnamed island 9 Maryland ?
10 Maryland ?
unnamed island 11 Maryland ?
unnamed island 12 Maryland ?
13 Maryland ?
unnamed island 14 Maryland ?
unnamed island 15 Maryland ?
16 Maryland Washington County at Marlowe, West Virginia
unnamed island 17 Maryland ?
18 Maryland Washington County at Marlowe, West Virginia
19 Maryland Washington County near Antietam
20 Maryland Washington County at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
unnamed island 21 Maryland ?
22 Maryland Frederick County at Knoxville
23 Maryland ?
unnamed island 24 Maryland ?
25 Maryland Frederick County at Point of Rocks
unnamed island 26 Maryland ?
27 Maryland Frederick County at Point of Rocks
28 Maryland Frederick County
29 Maryland Frederick County
30 Maryland Frederick County
31 Maryland Frederick County
32 Maryland Frederick County
33 Maryland Montgomery County
Harrison Island 34 Maryland Montgomery County near River Creek, Virginia
Selden Island 35 Maryland Montgomery County near Leesburg, Virginia
36 Maryland Montgomery County near Leesburg, Virginia
37 Maryland Montgomery County near Leesburg, Virginia
Sharpshin Island 38 Maryland Montgomery County near Sterling, Virginia
Lowes Island 39 Virginia Loudoun County near Sterling
40 Maryland Montgomery County near Blockhouse Point
41 Virginia Fairfax County in Seneca Regional Park
42 Maryland Montgomery County near Blockhouse Point
43 Maryland Montgomery County near Blockhouse Point
44 Maryland Montgomery County near Blockhouse Point
44 Maryland Montgomery County near Pennyfield Lock
45 Maryland Montgomery County
46 Maryland Montgomery County
47 Maryland Montgomery County near Great Falls, Virginia
48 Maryland Montgomery County
49 Maryland Montgomery County
50 Maryland Montgomery County
51 Maryland Montgomery County near Great Falls, Virginia
52 Maryland Montgomery County near Great Falls of the Potomac River
Olmsted Island

(formerly Great Falls Island)

53 Maryland Montgomery County at Great Falls of the Potomac River
54 Maryland Montgomery County in Great Falls Park
Bear Island 55 Maryland Montgomery County at Great Falls Park

(formerly Cupid's Bower Island)

56 Maryland Montgomery County at Great Falls Park
57 Maryland Montgomery County
58 Maryland Montgomery County in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
59 Maryland Montgomery County
60 Maryland Montgomery County in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
61 Maryland Montgomery County at the Yellow Falls
62 Maryland Montgomery County in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Plummers Island 63 Maryland Montgomery County near Cabin John
64 Maryland Montgomery County near Cabin John
65 Maryland Montgomery County near Cabin John
66 Maryland Montgomery County near Cabin John
67 Maryland Montgomery County near Cabin John
68 Maryland Montgomery County near Cabin John
69 Maryland Montgomery County at Glen Echo
70 Maryland Montgomery County at Glen Echo
71 Maryland Montgomery County at Glen Echo
72 Maryland Montgomery County at Glen Echo
73 Maryland Montgomery County
74 Maryland Montgomery County at Little Falls Dam
75 Maryland Montgomery County at Brookmont
Three Sisters 76 District of Columbia District of Columbia
Theodore Roosevelt Island 77 District of Columbia District of Columbia
Little Island 78 District of Columbia District of Columbia
Columbia Island 79 District of Columbia District of Columbia
80 Virginia Alexandria, Virginia
Goose Island 81 District of Columbia District of Columbia at the mouth of Oxon Creek
82 Maryland Prince George's County at the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge
83 Virginia Fairfax County, Virginia at Wellington Heights
Chopawamsic Island 84 Virginia Prince William County at Quantico
Cobb Island 85 Maryland Charles County
86 Maryland St. Mary's County
87 Maryland St. Mary's County in St. Catherine Sound
88 Maryland St. Mary's County at St. Catherine Sound
Saint Clement's Island 89 Maryland St. Mary's County
90 Maryland St. Mary's County
? Maryland Charles County
? Maryland Montgomery County
? Maryland Montgomery County in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

North Branch Potomac River[]

Name Order downstream State Location
Longs Island 1 Maryland ?

South Branch Potomac River[]

Name Order downstream State Location
unnamed island 1 ? ?
unnamed island 2 ? ?
unnamed islands 3 ? ?
Piss Pot Island 4 West Virginia ?
Valley View Island 5 West Virginia ?
unnamed island 6 ? ?
unnamed island 7 ? ?
unnamed island 8 ? ?
unnamed island 9 ? ?

See also[]

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