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Vashon Island sits in the midpoint of southern Puget Sound, between Seattle and Tacoma, Washington.In the nearby Pacific Ocean, roughly 170 miles (270 km) west of Vashon Island, lies the 700-mile (1,130 km) tectonic boundary known as the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and as such, Vashon Island is one of many areas at risk for earthquakes or related natural disasters.
Full view of Maury Island, looking towards the west Aerial with Maury Island (foreground) showing the isthmus to Vashon Island Map of Vashon–Maury Island and vicinity. Maury Island is a tied island in Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington. It is connected to Vashon Island by an isthmus built by local homeowners in 1913. Before ...
It is a historic waterfront residential area on Vashon Island. The town of Burton sits at the isthmus between Inner and Outer Quartermaster Harbor. The town was named in 1892 by Mrs. Miles Hatch after her home town in Illinois, [2] and in that year development began in Burton with the Vashon College [3] and the Burton Store. Industries around ...
Quartermaster Harbor is formed by Vashon Island on the west and Maury Island on the east. It opens about 0.8-mile (1.3 km) east of the Tahlequah, Washington ferry landing at the south end of Vashon Island, with the entrance between Neill Point on Vashon Island and Piner Point on Maury Island.
Vashon Island, an island in Puget Sound. Vashon Municipal Airport on Vashon Island. Vashon High School, a high school in St. Louis, Missouri; Vashon, Washington, the community on Vashon Island. Vashon-Maury Island Community Council, representatives of Vashon and Maury Islands to the King County Council, Washington.
Washington's 7th congressional district encompasses most of Seattle and Burien, and all of Vashon Island, Lake Forest Park, Shoreline, and Normandy Park.Since 2017, the 7th district has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Democrat Pramila Jayapal.
Sylvan Beach is a community located within Vashon, Washington, in King County, Washington, on the west side of Vashon Island on Colvos Passage.It is known as one of Vashon's walk-in communities, since most of the homes can only be reached by walking in from the road on the community's boardwalk.
State Route 339 (SR 339) is a 8.5-nautical-mile-long (9.8 mi; 15.7 km) [1] state highway in the U.S. state of Washington.It is designated on a former state-run ferry route that connected Vashon Island's Vashon Heights ferry terminal to downtown Seattle's Pier 50, via a passenger-only ferry, the MV Skagit.