Cox Island

Cox Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Cox Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Cox Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.23315, -77.46609. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cox Island

• Monocacy Aqueduct · sanctuary · Frederick · ~2 km · Must-see
• Sugarloaf Mountain · sanctuary · Frederick · ~10 km · Must-see
• Catoctin Aqueduct · viewpoint · Frederick · ~15 km · Must-see
• Little Seneca Lake · lake · Montgomery · ~19 km · Must-see
• Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve · sanctuary · Montgomery · ~19 km · Must-see
• Old Stone Church Archeological Site · church · Montgomery · ~19 km · Must-see
• Brunswick Historic District · museum · Frederick · ~20 km · Must-see
• McLean Bible Church · church · Loudoun · ~22 km · Must-see
• Cedar Creek Local Park · sanctuary · Montgomery · ~23 km · Must-see
• Hogback Mountain · viewpoint · Montgomery · ~23 km · Must-see
• Seneca Creek Greenway · trek · Montgomery · ~24 km · Must-see
• Seneca Creek State Park · sanctuary · Montgomery · ~24 km · Must-see
• McCurdy Field · park · Frederick · ~25 km · Must-see
• National Museum of Civil War Medicine · museum · Frederick · ~26 km · Must-see
• Culler Lake · lake · Frederick · ~26 km · Must-see
• Algonkian Regional Park · park · Montgomery · ~26 km · Must-see
• Algonkian Regional Park · sanctuary · Loudoun · ~26 km · Must-see
• Short Hill Mountain · viewpoint · Washington · ~26 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Cox Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Cox Island

• Mason Island · river spot · Montgomery · ~9 km
• Harrison Island · river spot · Montgomery · ~15 km
• Selden Island · river spot · Montgomery · ~22 km
• Sharpshin Island · river spot · Montgomery · ~26 km
• Lock 24: Rileys Lock · river spot · Montgomery · ~27 km
• Lowes Island · river spot · Loudoun · ~27 km
• Virginius Island · river spot · Washington · ~32 km
• Virginius Island · river spot · Jefferson · ~32 km
• Olmsted Island · river spot · Montgomery · ~40 km
• Bear Island · river spot · Montgomery · ~42 km

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