[2] Piss Pot Island received its name before 1755, the year it was included on Fry and Jefferson's Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland.

It continues to be popular with fishermen and canoers on the South Branch Potomac River.

Mill Creek empties into the South Branch to its western shore and Wergman Run enters the river to its northeast.

Piss Pot Island is currently owned by the Williams family of Sycamore Dale, the historic brick plantation house located to its east on South Branch River Road (County Route 8).

It is easily viewed from the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) in Vanderlip and the Romney Bridge.